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


mindat Locality ID: 24190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Ceyrat
Chamalières
Chateaugay
Cournon-d'Auvergne
Durtol
Puy De Crouel
Puy De La Poix
Romagnat
Royat
Saint-Maurice
Saulzet-le-Chaud

Latitude: 45°43'56"N
Longitude: 3°5'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.732222222222,3.0908333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBruciteCalciteCopiapiteCristobaliteEttringiteGismondine
GypsumHydrotalciteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpurrite-AfwilliteTobermorite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Jennite  (*)
Opal  (*)Portlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Strätlingite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O15163541
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O251640,516431627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21516433092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)251638,516413250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)251635,5164711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)651635,51636,51638,51639,51641,5164827770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O151637382
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2151640453
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21516439895
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O251635,5163693
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15165024243
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O151635128
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O251646,516486890
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O15163530
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O15163518
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O251642,516502994
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)215163551
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215163739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2351645,51646,5165061156
Strätlingite  (*)NoneCa2Al(Si,Al)2O2(OH)10·2.25H2O15163511
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)151635114


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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