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Locality Name:
Matra Mine, Matra, Moïta, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France


mindat Locality ID: 28399
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28399.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matra Mine, Matra, Moïta, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°17'7"N
Longitude: 9°23'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.285277777778,9.3902777777778
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 As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Sb Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Sb Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicAuricuprideCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumMilleriteNoneOrpimentPentlanditePerovskite
PyriteSpinelStibniteValleriiteVivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Greigite  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Realgar  (*)Stibarsen  (*)Stibnite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4062
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4057
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O099
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs048
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237


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