Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Saint-Paulien, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 286957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Paulien, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blanzac
Borne
Vialette

Latitude: 45°6'49"N
Longitude: 3°49'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.113611111111,3.8316666666667

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.

Clay	Corundum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Corundum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel
Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	51252	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	51252,51254,51258	2060
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	4	51252,51254,51256,51258	1797
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	51252	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	51252	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	51252,51254,51258	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	51254	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	51254	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	51254,51255	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	51252,51254	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	51254	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	51254	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	51252,51254	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	51252,51254	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	51252,51254,51258	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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