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Locality Name:
Siec Island, Santec, Finistère, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 256228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siec Island, Santec, Finistère, Brittany, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 48°42'11"N
Longitude: 4°3'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.703055555556,-4.06

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 B Ba Ca Fe H Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Fe H Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBaryteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
SpinelStauroliteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Baryte  (*)Epidote  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21531152162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51531151310
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1531158173
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31531155433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41531151507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415311514899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215311539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21531155614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)153115978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1531154899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)153115939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1531155251



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