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Locality Name:
Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 293398
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293398.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sainte-Marie Plage Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 42°44'2"N
Longitude: 3°2'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.733888888889,3.0375

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 B Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileSpinelTitaniteTourmalineZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Titanite  (*)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 groupTiO21561342162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51561341310
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15613411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15613427770
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)156134648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1561348173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315613414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31561345433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415613414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215613417380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215613461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21561345614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1561342705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51561341516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41561341934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1561344899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1561345251



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