Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quiberon, Quiberon Peninsula, Morbihan, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 260354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quiberon, Quiberon Peninsula, Morbihan, Brittany, France": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Pointe Riberen Beach Alluvials
Port-Haliguen Beach Alluvials
Quiberon Beach
Saint-Julien Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 47°29'19"N
Longitude: 3°6'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.488611111111,-3.1038888888889

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	Andalusite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile
Spinel	Staurolite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
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 Ca Ce Fe H Mg Na O P Si Sn Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Monazite None Not in a structural group Rutile
Spinel Staurolite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	53418,53419,53421	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	53418,53419,53421	1310
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	53418,53421	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	53418,53421	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	53418,53419,53421	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	53418,53419,53421	286
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	53418,53419,53421	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	53418,53419,53421	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	53418,53419,53421	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	53420	945
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	53418,53419,53421	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	53419	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	53418,53421	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	3	53418,53419,53421	978
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	53420	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	53418,53419,53420,53421	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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