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Locality Name:
Ance, Aramits, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


mindat Locality ID: 283418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ance, Aramits, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Col D'Etche

Latitude: 43°7'48"N
Longitude: 0°-40'-23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.13,-0.67305555555556

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 Ca Ce Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteChevkiniteClayColumbiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaMonazite
NoneRutileScheeliteSpinelTitaniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Corundum  (*)Epidote-(Sr)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)615492343
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1549238803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)154923706
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)215492389
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6154923518
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31549231797
Epidote-(Sr)  (*)EpidoteCaSr(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1549238
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4154923196
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31549235433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415492314899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)154923945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215492317380
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)615492317
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3154923244
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21549235614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8154923353
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1549231006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1549234899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1549235251



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