Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 213732
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213732.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bellegarde-en-Forez, Saint-Galmier, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pierres Blanches
Ruffy Quarry

Latitude: 45°39'7"N
Longitude: 4°18'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.651944444444,4.315

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	51500	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	51499	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	51499,51500	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	51500	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	51499	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	51500	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	51499,51500	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	51500	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	51499	12537
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	51500	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	51500	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	51500	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	51499,51500	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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