Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 284949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matra, Moïta, Corte, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Matra Mine

Latitude: 42°17'7"N
Longitude: 9°23'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.285277777778,9.39

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenic	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Millerite	None	Orpiment	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Pyrite	Spinel	Stibnite	Valleriite	Vivianite

Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Greigite ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*	Stibarsen ()*	Stibnite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Millerite None Orpiment Pentlandite Perovskite
Pyrite Spinel Stibnite Valleriite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	53611	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	53611	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	53611	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	53611	3902
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	53611	62
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	53611	205
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	53611	407
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	53611	103
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53611	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	53611	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	53611	1066
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	53611	511
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	53611	57
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	53611	1512
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	53611	99
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	53611	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	53611	712
Stibarsen ()*	Arsenic	SbAs	1	53611	48
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	53611	3418
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	53611	237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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