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:
Rochechouart - Chassenon Meteoritic Impact Crater (Rochechouart Crater), Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

mindat Locality ID: 277634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rochechouart - Chassenon Meteoritic Impact Crater (Rochechouart Crater), Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Champonger Quarry

Latitude: 45°49'27"N
Longitude: 0°46'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.824166666667,0.78138888888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Almandine ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Marcasite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Corundum Feldspar Garnet Iron Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	54855	2353
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	54855	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	54855	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	54855	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	54855	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	54855	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	54855	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	54855	1089
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	54855	5674
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	54855	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	54855	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	54855	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	54855	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	54855	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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