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Locality Name:
Ornans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France


mindat Locality ID: 286774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ornans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ornans Meteorite

Latitude: 47°7'0"N
Longitude: 6°8'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.116666666667,6.1497222222222

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 Ca Ce Cl Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideCancrinite-sodaliteChloritoidClayCorundumFeldsparIronMagnetoplumbiteMicaNickeline
NoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneRutileSodaliteSpinelTridymite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Iron  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1521391036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61521392060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe152139166
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2152139376
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31521391797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61521394135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6152139944
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315213914640
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1915213980
Iron  (*)IronFe1521391089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415213914899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2152139168
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)152139153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215213917380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)152139884
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81521391512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81521399056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21521395614
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl152139444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41521391934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)152139703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1521391044



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