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Locality Name:
Le Pellerin, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France


mindat Locality ID: 292073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Pellerin, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Martinière
La Ville Au Vay
Les Côteaux Quarry

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChloriteClayFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinelStaurolite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Fluorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21563853419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)256384,563868803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31563852353
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2156385718
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21563855509
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8256385,563861756
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2256384,563869617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41563855591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4256384,5638514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215638512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21563865800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2256384,5638517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)256384,563862349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2256384,5638539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2256384,5638561156
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)156385978


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