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Locality Name:
Villefranche D'Albigeois, Tarn, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 283017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villefranche D'Albigeois, Tarn, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mont-Roc Mine

Latitude: 43°49'14"N
Longitude: 2°22'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.820555555556,2.3752777777778

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCyanotrichiteDiaspore
FluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzStibnite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Vaesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21562325509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15623211547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31562321935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)156232716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61562321633
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O15623288
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1562325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215623227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1562323531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O156232295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1562323846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1562322970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2156232144
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21562329617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1562327437
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O156232593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215623212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215623239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215623261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1562326417
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2156232106



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