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:
Ceyssac, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 280090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ceyssac, Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Le Croustet (Mont Croustet)

Latitude: 45°1'41"N
Longitude: 3°50'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.028055555556,3.8491666666667

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Spinel
Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Goethite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Beryl Calcite Corundum Diaspore None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Spinel
Titanite Tridymite 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	51076	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	51076	2060
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	51076	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	51076	1797
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	51076	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	51076	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	51076	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	51076	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	51076	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	51076	2994
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	51076	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	51076	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	51076	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	51076	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	51076	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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