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Locality Name:
Framont, Framont - Grandfontaine Area, Schirmeck, Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley), Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 276249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Framont, Framont - Grandfontaine Area, Schirmeck, Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley), Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Le Curé Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCorundumCubaniteDiasporeDigenite
FluoriteGarnetKobelliteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31538121534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1538129052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181538124286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1538121966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31538121935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41538125516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15381227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215381227198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3153812802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1538121027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21538129895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2153812246
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21538129617
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4153812192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1538127437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315381214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415381214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21538125674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21538125800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215381239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81538129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215381261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21538125614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1538124894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15381221482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3153812276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S153812510
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3153812297


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