Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 23917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bansat
Brassac-les-Mines
Coudes
Courgoul
Perrier
Saint-Babel

Latitude: 45°29'1"N
Longitude: 3°17'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.483611111111,3.2877777777778

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite
Feldspar	Gismondine	Gypsum	Harmotome	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Amesite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gismondine ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phillipsite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite
Feldspar Gismondine Gypsum Harmotome Marcasite Natrolite None Olivine Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1	51689	74
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	51689	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	51677,51686	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	51680,51681	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	51676,51678,51683,51687,51688	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	51683	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	51683,51686,51689	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	51683	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	51683	4165
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	51686	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	51683,51684	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	51679,51682,51683,51684	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	51689	128
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	51683	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	51686	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	51689	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	51683	5674
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	51689	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	51689	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51688	2349
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	51686	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	51680,51681,51683,51684	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	51675,51676,51680,51681,51682,51683,51684	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	51680,51683	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	51689	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	51683,51684	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	51683,51684	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	51680	3418
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	51686	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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