Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kersy Forest, Bonneval-Tarentaise, La Lauzière Massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 233558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kersy Forest, Bonneval-Tarentaise, La Lauzière Massif, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Thortveitite

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 Be C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Sc Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Sc Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Thortveitite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bazzite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thortveitite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	51
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	54

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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