Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Apatou Commune, French Guiana, France

mindat Locality ID: 219133
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219133.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Apatou Commune, French Guiana, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Haute Sparaouine River

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Topaz	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Nb O P Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Topaz Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	53647	2353
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	53647	5171
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	53647	414
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	53647	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	53647	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	53647	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53647	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	53647	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53647	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53647	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53647	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53647	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	53647	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	53647	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	53647	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	53647	978
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	53647	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	53647	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	53647	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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