Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Les Deux Alpes, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 253946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Deux Alpes, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Trouée Des Fées

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Chlorite	Clay	Crichtonite	Monazite	None	Quartz	Rutile

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 Ce Cr Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Sr Ti U V Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chlorite Clay Crichtonite Monazite None Quartz Rutile

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	51380	11547
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	51380	1756
Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Y,U,Mn)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	51380	9
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	51380	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	51380	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	51380	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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