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Locality Name:
Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 234909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 99
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Annonay
Chomérac
Juvinas Meteorite
La Voulte-sur-Rhône
Lamastre
Largentière
Les Vans
Mézenc Massif
Privas
Saint-Etienne-de-Lugdarès
Saint-Félicien
Saint-Martin-de-Valamas
Saint-Péray
Sainte-Marguerite-Lafigère
Serrières
Thueyts
Villeneuve-de-Berg

Latitude: 44°44'39"N
Longitude: 4°20'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.744166666667,4.3394444444444

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Chabazite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	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 As B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Chabazite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Iron Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

79 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Sr ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Linarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*
Mimetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Nosean ()*	Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paralaurionite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhönite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*	Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	50451,50458,50462,50501	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	50449,50458	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	50501	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	50487,50493	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	50462	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	50497	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	50460,50462,50482	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	50422,50451,50458,50462	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	50483	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	50500	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26	50415,50417,50421,50423,50424,50427,50429,50430,50431,50432,50435,50438,50453,50455,50456,50465,50476,50477,50479,50481,50483,50487,50489,50491,50494,50500	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	50501	4286
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	50483	413
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	3	50420,50421,50427	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	50423,50438,50449,50462,50477,50481,50500,50504,50505,50508	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	50438,50483,50489,50500	4979
Chabazite-Sr ()*	Chabazite	(Sr,Ca)₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	50449	6
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	50500	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	50456	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	22	50415,50417,50420,50421,50423,50426,50454,50455,50456,50477,50479,50486,50487,50489,50490,50491,50492,50493,50494,50495,50496,50500	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	50422,50497	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	50497	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	50444	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	50497	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	50451,50458,50462	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	50482	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	50497	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	50422	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	11	50424,50465,50476,50477,50480,50487,50489,50491,50493,50495,50501	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	50451,50458,50462	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24	50413,50415,50417,50420,50421,50423,50427,50438,50454,50455,50456,50479,50483,50486,50487,50489,50490,50491,50492,50493,50494,50495,50496,50500	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	50451	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	50423,50438,50483	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	50462	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	50423,50451	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	50483,50500	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	50500	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	50422,50462	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	50422	1089
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	50483,50489	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	50458,50462,50497	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	50483,50486,50487,50489,50500	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	50456	5674
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	50422	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	50501	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	50483	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	50451	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	50501	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	4	50437,50449,50460,50508	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	50458,50462	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	1	50462	75
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	2	50471,50508	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	50460,50462	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	50501	2349
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	50500	46
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	50422	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	50413,50420,50421,50423,50426,50427,50432,50454,50455,50456,50465,50474,50477,50481,50482,50487,50490,50491,50492,50493,50495,50496,50500	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	4	50427,50438,50455,50483	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31	50413,50415,50417,50419,50420,50421,50422,50427,50438,50441,50454,50455,50456,50462,50465,50476,50479,50483,50486,50487,50489,50490,50491,50492,50493,50494,50495,50496,50500,50501,50508	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	2	50451,50458	47
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	50482	454
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	50462	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	3	50504,50505,50508	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	50426	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	50501	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	50455,50500	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	50438,50482	2473
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	50462	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	22	50413,50415,50417,50420,50421,50426,50427,50438,50454,50455,50477,50482,50486,50487,50490,50491,50492,50493,50494,50495,50496,50500	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	50424,50425,50455	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	50456	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	50455	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	50449	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	50462	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	50422	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	50422	1044
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	50477	251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	50483	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	50422	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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