Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Villeneuve-de-Berg, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 209571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villeneuve-de-Berg, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mirabel
Saint-Jean-le-Centenier
Saint-Pons

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Clay	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Natrolite None Not in a structural group Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	50504,50505,50508	27770
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	50508	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	50508	146
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	50508	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	3	50504,50505,50508	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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