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Locality Name:
Billom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France


mindat Locality ID: 284349
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284349.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Billom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Marcillat River Alluvials

Latitude: 45°43'8"N
Longitude: 3°19'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.718888888889,3.3180555555556

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 Fe H Mg O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCorundumGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Corundum  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21516062162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61516062060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15160627770
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31516061797
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1516066890
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21516065614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51516061516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41516061934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1516064899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1516065251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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