Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chantenay, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 292482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chantenay, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Gigant Quarry
La Contrie Quarry
La Musse
Miséri (Miséry) Quarry
Parc Grillaud
Petit-Saint-Joseph Quarry
Saint-Clair
Villeneuve-la-Lande Quarry

Latitude: 47°12'38"N
Longitude: 1°35'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.210555555556,-1.5919444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Löllingite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*

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 As Ba Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Halotrichite Löllingite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	56423	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	56423	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	56420,56423	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	56423	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	56423,56424,56427	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	56423	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	56423	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	56424	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	56424	1008
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	56421,56423,56425,56428	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	56423,56425	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	56423	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	56423	409
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	56423,56424	762
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	56423	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	56424,56427	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	56423,56424,56427	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	56423,56425	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	56423,56424,56427	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	56423,56425	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	56422	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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