Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val De Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 263583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val De Loire, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Herbault
Lancé Meteorite
Saint-Georges-sur-Cher

Latitude: 47°30'23"N
Longitude: 1°8'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.506388888889,1.1413888888889

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.

Andalusite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Perovskite	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hibonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Feldspar Iron Magnetoplumbite Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Perovskite Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Tridymite

19 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	1	53542	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	53542	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	53541	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	53541	2060
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	53541	94
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	53540,53541	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	53541	4135
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	53541	86
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	53541	407
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	53541	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53541	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	53541	1089
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	53541	33
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	53541	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	53541	495
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	53541	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	53541	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	53541	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	53541	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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