Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Raon-l'Etape, Vosges, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 293918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raon-l'Etape, Vosges, Grand Est, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Trapp Quarries

Latitude: 48°24'18"N
Longitude: 6°52'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.405,6.8691666666667

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 Be Bi C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenicBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteEttringiteFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetMolybdeniteNonePectolitePrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelVesuvianiteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
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)21541843419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31541841534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21541843092
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)154184161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15418411547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181541844286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1541841966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41541845516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15418427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1541841252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215418427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1541843846
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)154184498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61541844135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21541849895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1541848173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1541842740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21541849617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15418424243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS154184717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31541841544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315418414640
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4154184249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415418414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21541845800
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)154184363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21541841898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215418439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215418461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21541845614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1541844894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15418421482
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O154184183
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21541842562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101541841395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4154184380



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...