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Locality Name:
Massif Du Canigou, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 251848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Massif Du Canigou, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Casteil
Estoher
Fillols
Taurinya
Valmanya
Vernet-les-Bains

Latitude: 42°32'24"N
Longitude: 2°27'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.54,2.4508333333333

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc
Titanite	Triplite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zwieselite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc
Titanite Triplite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	56002,56005	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	55990	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	55985,55986,56001	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	55996,56002	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	55997	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	55997	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5	55997,55999,56004,56008,56009	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	55991,55993,55994,56007	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	56012	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	55985,55986	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	55997,55999,56004,56007,56008,56009,56012	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	55997	4979
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	55990,56002,56005	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	55985,55988,56002,56005	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	55997,56001	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	56003	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	55985	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	55997,55998,56004,56012	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2	55999,56001	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	55994,55997,55998,56004,56012	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	55997,56008,56009	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	6	55985,55987,55988,55990,56002,56005	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	55997,56012	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	56003	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9	55985,55997,55999,56000,56004,56007,56008,56011,56012	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	56010	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	55999,56007	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56002	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	55997	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	55997	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	56005	5800
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	55985	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	55997,56002,56007,56012	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	55997	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	55991,55994,55995,55997,56002,56003,56007,56012	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	55997	177
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	56001,56002,56005	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	55997,55999,56007,56008	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	56002	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	55997	156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	55997	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	56005	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	55985	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	56005	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	5	55985,55990,56002,56005,56006	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	55985,55988	1247
Zwieselite ()*	Triplite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	56010	47

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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