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Locality Name:
Saint-Galmier, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 213731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Galmier, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bellegarde-en-Forez
Saint-Héand

Latitude: 45°39'7"N
Longitude: 4°18'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.651944444444,4.3147222222222
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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFluorite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteStaurolite
StibniteSulphurTourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21515003419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21514995509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)251499,5150011547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4151503343
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15150027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215149927198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1515008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2251499,515009617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1515007437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215149912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21515035674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215150217380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O151500471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2251500,5150339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21515003106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2351499,51500,5150361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1515022705
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)151502978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31515033418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1515032045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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