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Locality Name:
Thiviers, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


mindat Locality ID: 293742
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293742.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thiviers, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Saint-Jean-de-Côle

Latitude: 45°23'59"N
Longitude: 0°49'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.399722222222,0.83305555555556

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 Au B Ba Fe H Na O S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCopperCorundumNoneNot in a structural groupRutileSpinelStauroliteTourmalineZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Staurolite  (*)
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 groupTiO21547152162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21547155171
Gold  (*)CopperAu15471530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315471514640
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41547151507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415471514899
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21547155614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1547152705
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)154715978
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1547155251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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