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Locality Name:
Saint-Jean-en-Royans, Romans-sur-Isère, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 278013
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278013.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Jean-en-Royans, Romans-sur-Isère, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bouvante-le-Haut Meteorite

Latitude: 44°55'19"N
Longitude: 5°16'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.921944444444,5.2677777777778

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 Ca Cr Fe Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CeriteCorundumFeldsparIronNonePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTridymiteZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Chromite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Merrillite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1508221036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61508222060
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41508223902
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31508225433
Iron  (*)IronFe1508221089
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7150822230
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6150822303
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215082261156
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2150822458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1508221044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1508225251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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