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Locality Name:
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France


mindat Locality ID: 215564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
L’Ermitage Beach Alluvials
La Courance Beach Alluvials
La Pierre Attelée Beach Alluvials
Le Pointeau Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 47°13'10"N
Longitude: 2°10'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.219444444444,-2.1669444444444

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 As Au Ca Fe H O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupRutile
SpinelStauroliteTitaniteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2456502,56503,56504,565052162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5356502,56503,565051310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1565049052
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3256502,565031797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)356502,56503,565058173
Gold  (*)CopperAu15650430554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3456502,56503,56504,565055433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4456502,56503,56504,565051507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4456502,56503,56504,5650514899
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2456502,56503,56504,565055614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5356502,56503,565051516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)456502,56503,56504,56505978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O456502,56503,56504,565054899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)456502,56503,56504,565055251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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