Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Prats-de-Mollo, Prats-de-Mollo-la Preste (Prats De Molló-la Presta), Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 264311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prats-de-Mollo, Prats-de-Mollo-la Preste (Prats De Molló-la Presta), Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Can Pubill
Coll De La Cadère
Coll De La Régine
Collade De Bernadeille
Notre-Dame-du-Coral
Puig Cabrera (Puig Cabres)
Tech River Alluvials

Latitude: 42°24'53"N
Longitude: 2°30'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.414722222222,2.5155555555556

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.

Adelite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Corundum	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tyrolite	Wurtzite

Arsenic ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Corundum Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Tyrolite Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	0		379
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	56084	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	56084,56087	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	56084	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	56084	5707
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56084	363
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	56089	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	56089	14640
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	56090	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	56089	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	56089	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	56089	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	56089	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	56089	177
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	56089	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	56089	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	56089	21482
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	56084	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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