Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alais Meteorite, Alès, Gard, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 253220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alais Meteorite, Alès, Gard, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°7'0"N
Longitude: 4°4'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.116666666667,4.0830555555556

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	Copper	Cubanite	Iron	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Spinel	Wurtzite
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: C Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Ni O P S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Ni O P S Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Cubanite Iron Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Spinel Wurtzite
Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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