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Locality Name:
Calanhel, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 283729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calanhel, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Roche Quarry
Le Poullou

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumGarnetMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyriteRocksaltRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21523673419
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1523684979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215236727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15236824243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31523675433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415236714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21523675800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81523671512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215236739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21523673106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81523679056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21523675614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1523676417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31523671214
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1523671006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1523674899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21523672562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1523675251



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