Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 264312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Preste, Prats-de-Mollo-la Preste (Prats De Molló-la Presta), Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
El Frigoulé
L'Ayadé
La Barragana
Saint-Louis De Penalts
Sainte-Marie Des Billots

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Allophane	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite
Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Tyrolite

Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite
Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Tyrolite

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	1	56078	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56078	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	56080	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	56080	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	56080,56081	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	56080	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	56080	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	56080	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56080	363
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	56077	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	56080	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	56080	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56080	12537
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	56080	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	56080,56081	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	56079,56080	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	56080	1153
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	56080	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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