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Locality Name:
Guidel-Plages, Guidel, Morbihan, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 270219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guidel-Plages, Guidel, Morbihan, Brittany, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Guidel Beach Alluvials
Le Loch Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 47°45'30"N
Longitude: 3°31'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.758333333333,-3.5205555555556
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 As Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteArsenopyriteChloritoidClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRutileScheeliteSpinelStauroliteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Gold  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2253302,533032162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5253302,533031310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS253302,533039052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2253302,533035171
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2253302,53303376
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3253302,533031797
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1533032970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)253302,533038173
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2253302,53303286
Gold  (*)CopperAu15330330554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3253302,533035433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4253302,533031507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4253302,5330314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215330312537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2253302,5330339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1533031725
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2253302,533035614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)253302,533034894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1533032705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5253302,533031516
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)253302,53303978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O253302,533034899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)253302,533035251


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