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Locality Name:
Duranus, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 281401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duranus, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
L'Eguisse Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenoliteBaryteCalciteGypsumHureauliteLindackeriteMarcasiteNoneOrpiment
PyriteQuartzStibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Duranusite  (*)
Ferrarisite  (*)Guérinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Marcasite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pararealgar  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Sainfeldite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs156695379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3156695231
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15669511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15669527770
Duranusite  (*)NoneAs4S1566958
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O0015669511
Guérinite  (*)NoneCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O15669531
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1566956890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21566955674
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3156695511
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S415669557
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O15669599
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215669539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215669561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS156695712
Sainfeldite  (*)HureauliteCa5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O15669528
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31566953418


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