Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 21900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Barbin Quarry
Boulevard Michelet
Boulevard Saint-Pern
Chantenay
Cours Saint-André
Haut-Moreau Quarry
Jardin Des Plantes
La Jonelière
La Tortière Bridge
La Trémissinière
Le Chêne Vert
Le Gué Moreau
Le Pont Du Cens
Le Rocher D'Enfer
Petit-Port
Port-Durand
Roche-Maurice
Rodières Quarry
Saint-Donatien (Deux-Fours Quarry)
Saint-Félix
Saint-Jacques
Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Similien

Latitude: 47°13'47"N
Longitude: 1°33'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.229722222222,-1.5605555555556

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	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Löllingite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Talc	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Löllingite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Talc Vesuvianite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

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	56443	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	56416,56423,56446	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	6	56416,56423,56433,56438,56440,56442	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	5	56417,56438,56440,56447,56450	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	11	56416,56420,56423,56433,56435,56436,56438,56439,56441,56442,56446	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	56423	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	56416,56440	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	56423,56424,56427,56436,56442	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	56423	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	56436	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	56445	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	56416,56423,56429,56431,56438	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	6	56416,56417,56424,56435,56438,56443	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	56424	1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	56436,56443	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	56421,56423,56425,56428,56444	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	56423,56425,56436	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	56445	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	56416,56435,56438,56446	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	56423,56436	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	56423	409
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	56438	5433
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	5	56423,56424,56435,56441,56450	762
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	56416,56437	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	56423	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	56416,56424,56427,56435,56438,56441,56442,56445	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	56423,56424,56427,56436,56438	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	56436	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	56416,56423,56425,56438	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	56436	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	56416,56417,56418,56423,56424,56427,56429,56436,56445,56446,56447,56450	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	56446	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	56436,56443	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	56416,56423,56425,56436,56438	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	56418,56422,56449	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3	56416,56438,56446	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	56448	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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