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Locality Name:
Chassigny, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 281213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chassigny, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chassigny Martian Meteorite

Latitude: 47°43'0"N
Longitude: 5°21'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.716666666667,5.3663888888889

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 C Ca Cl Cr F Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBaddeleyiteCalciteCorundumMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneOlivine
PentlanditePyritePyroxeneRutileSpinelWadsleyite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Oxyphlogopite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spinel  (*)Troilite  (*)Wadsleyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61540992060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2154099238
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15409927770
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl154099203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41540993902
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1540992740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1540991188
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31540995433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2154099179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415409914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21540995674
Oxyphlogopite  (*)MicaK(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)21540995
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81540991512
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6154099303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215409939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81540999056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21540995614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41540991934
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1540991044
Wadsleyite  (*)WadsleyiteMg2SiO415409913



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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