Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
French Guiana, France

mindat Locality ID: 25502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "French Guiana, France": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Aliken Gold Mine
Apatou Commune
Awala-Yalimapo Commune
Camopi Commune
Cayenne Commune
Constable Islands
Grand-Santi Commune
Iracoubo Commune
Kourou Commune
Macouria Commune
Mana Commune
Maripasoula Commune
Matoury Commune
Montsinéry-Tonnegrande Commune
Ouanary Commune
Papaïchton Commune
Régina Summary
Remire-Montjoly Commune
Roura Commune
Saint-Élie Commune
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Commune
Saül Commune
Sinnamary Commune
St-Georges Commune
Tamanoir Massif

Latitude: 4°25'5"N
Longitude: 53°12'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 4.4180555555556,-53.215555555556

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Sulphur Talc
Tetrahedrite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53672	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	53647	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	53677	244
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	53670	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	53677	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	53677	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	53677	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	53668	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	53647	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	53658,53670,53673	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	53672	3902
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	53673	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	53672	697
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	53677	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	53659	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	53647	414
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	53677	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	53647,53658	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	53645,53647,53658,53659,53670,53673	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	53647	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	53647,53659	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	53647	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53647	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	53647,53659,53670,53677	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53647	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	53647,53658,53670,53677	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	53672	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	53658,53668,53670,53673	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	53668,53670	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	53647,53658,53668	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	53647,53659	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	53659,53677	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	53677	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	53670	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	53647,53659	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	53647	978
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	53651	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	53673	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53672	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	53658	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	53647	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	53647	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	53647,53659,53677	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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