Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Calvados, Normandy, France

mindat Locality ID: 224969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calvados, Normandy, France": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Asnelles
Bavent Quarry
Caumont-sur-Orne
Clécy
Falaise
Laize-la-Ville
Le Molay-Littry
May-sur-Orne
Saint-André-sur-Orne
Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes
Soumont-Saint-Quentin
Trois-Monts
Victot-Pontfol
Villerville
Vimoutiers

Latitude: 49°7'17"N
Longitude: 0°-19'-8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.121388888889,-0.31888888888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	54486,54491	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	54482,54486,54491	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	54492	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	54491	577
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	54491	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	54491	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54486	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	54488,54491	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	54489	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	54486,54491	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	54484,54485,54486,54492	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	54488,54491,54492	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	54496	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	54492	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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