Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Samzun, Le Palais, Belle-Ile, Morbihan, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 279498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samzun, Le Palais, Belle-Ile, Morbihan, Brittany, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grands Sables Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 47°18'56"N
Longitude: 3°6'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.315555555556,-3.1008333333333

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Chloritoid	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Spinel
Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Corundum ()*
Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Chloritoid Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None Not in a structural group Rutile Spinel
Staurolite Titanite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	53213	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	53213	1310
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	53213	5171
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	53213	376
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	53213	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	53213	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53213	286
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53213	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	53213	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53213	14899
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	53213	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	53213	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	53213	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	53213	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	53213	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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