Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ferme Roche Vein, Orpierre Mines, Orpierre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 238472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferme Roche Vein, Orpierre Mines, Orpierre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°19'36"N
Longitude: 5°42'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.326666666667,5.7097222222222

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.

Calcite	Diaspore	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group

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: C Ca Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Diaspore Gypsum None Not in a structural group

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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