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Locality Name:
French Southern And Antarctic Lands, France


mindat Locality ID: 213069
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213069.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "French Southern And Antarctic Lands, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Amsterdam Island
Crozet Islands
Kerguelen Islands
St. Paul Island

Latitude: 44°31'39"S
Longitude: 66°37'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -44.5275,66.621944444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ce Cr Fe H K La Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteCalciteClayCorundumCrichtoniteGismondineMicaMordeniteNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePseudobrookitePyroxeneQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStilbite
Thomsonite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Armalcolite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celadonite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gismondine  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Loveringite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Offretite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stellerite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O253715,537161627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1537163250
Armalcolite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O515371539
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61537152060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15371627770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2153716309
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41537153902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61537154135
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O153716138
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1537151188
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O153716128
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O153716167
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31537155433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1537161271
Loveringite  (*)Crichtonite(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O381537159
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O153716425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O153716405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1537161236
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O153716146
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21537152273
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5153715164
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215371661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21537155614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O153716301
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O153716390
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41537151934
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O153716189
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O153716452



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