Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Luchon, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 263862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-263862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luchon, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barcugnas
L'Hospice De France
Port D'Oo
Val De Burat
Val De Burbe

Latitude: 42°48'9"N
Longitude: 0°35'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.8025,0.59694444444444

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	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Argutite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*
Brunogeierite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	55438	1310
Argutite ()*	Rutile	GeO₂	3	55435,55436,55437	11
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	55434	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	55438	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	55438	4286
Brunogeierite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂Ge⁴⁺O₄	3	55435,55436,55437	12
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	55434	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	55434,55435,55436,55437	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	55434	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	55434	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	55434	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	55434	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	55434	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	55434	2812
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	55434	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	55434	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	55434	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	55434	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	55434	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	55434,55435,55436,55437	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	55434	668
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	55434	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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