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Locality Name:
Plovan, Finistère, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 290553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plovan, Finistère, Brittany, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ty Lan

Latitude: 47°56'23"N
Longitude: 4°20'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.939722222222,-4.3402777777778
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 Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChloriteClayCorundumDiasporeMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalc

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4153038708
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41530383902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81530381756
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1530387437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315303814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31530385433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415303814899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1530381066
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1530381508
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81530381512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215303839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81530389056
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21530383337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21530382562


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