Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages, Finistère, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 291920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages, Finistère, Brittany, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brignogan-Plages
Plounéour-Trez

Latitude: 48°40'34"N
Longitude: 4°20'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.676111111111,-4.3366666666667

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53006	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	53006	1310
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	53006	1008
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	53006	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53006	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	53006,53009	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	53006,53011,53012	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	53006	1516
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	53006	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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