Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Espalion, Aveyron, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 285688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Espalion, Aveyron, Occitanie, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lassouts
Puech De Vermus

Latitude: 44°30'13"N
Longitude: 2°48'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.503611111111,2.8002777777778

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Ettringite	Gismondine	Gyrolite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tobermorite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gismondine ()*
Gyrolite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Tobermorite ()*

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 Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Calcite Clay Ettringite Gismondine Gyrolite Natrolite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite Tobermorite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	55238	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	55238	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	55238	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	55238	27770
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	55238	128
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	55238	142
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	55238	407
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	55238	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	55238	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	55238	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	55238	39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	55238	1934
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	1	55238	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	55238	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	55238	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	55238	114

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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