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Locality Name:
Mosset, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 252108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mosset, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Caillau (Caillaou-Jasse; Jasse De Caillau; Calhau; La Roqueta; Col De Jau)
Mosset Rare Earths Deposit

Latitude: 42°40'3"N
Longitude: 2°14'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.6675,2.2436111111111
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 As C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidote
LanthaniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileTalcTitanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Lanthanite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O156042470
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1560429052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O156042143
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15604127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215604227198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81560411756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1560411025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1560418173
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O15604266
Lanthanite-(Ce)  (*)LanthaniteCe2(CO3)3·8H2O15604216
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215604117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1560422994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2256041,5604239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215604161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21560415614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21560413337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1560414899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21560412562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1560411025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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