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Locality Name:
Laz, Finistère, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 287783
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287783.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laz, Finistère, Brittany, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Plessis Quarry

Latitude: 48°7'49"N
Longitude: 3°48'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.130277777778,-3.8163888888889

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBrookiteCarminiteClayColumbite
CopperCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMelanteriteMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRaspiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSulphurSymplesite
TetrahedriteWavelliteZircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)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 groupTiO21528382162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1528382734
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs152838379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1528389052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6152838413
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2152838700
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2152838178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1528384979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4152838352
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1528384165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6152838310
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)152838551
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3152838105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15283824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1528387437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15283830554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6152838121
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41528385591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2152838762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215283812537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O152838915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1528381107
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)152838945
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O152838428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215283839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215283861156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)15283826
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21528385614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1528381153
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S315283862
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)152838156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1528382045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O15283892
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131528385317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3152838369
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O152838374
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1528385251



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