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Locality Name:
Plounévez-Lochrist, Finistère, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 269190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plounévez-Lochrist, Finistère, Brittany, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Castell Fur
Keroignant
Kerscao
Pont-ar-Rest

Latitude: 48°36'47"N
Longitude: 4°12'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.613055555556,-4.2105555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteFeldsparGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1530178803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31530162353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181530174286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2253015,5301727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1530174165
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31530155433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4253014,530161507
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)153015451
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21530175800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215301717380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6153016229
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81530151512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2253015,5301739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81530159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215301761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21530155614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15301721482



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