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Locality Name:
Primiture, Groix Island, Morbihan, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 294759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Primiture, Groix Island, Morbihan, Brittany, France": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Côte D'Héno
Le Gripp
Le Rolaz
Le Storang
Les Grands Sables
Les Saisies
Locmaria
Locqueltas-Kermarec
Nosterven (Porh Coustic; Les Sables Rouges)
Pen Ganol
Pointe De La Croix (Pointe Surville)
Pointe Des Chats
Porh Morvil Creek
Port Lay (Côte Des Soeurs)
Port Mélite
Port-Tudy
Poskedoul (Porz-Quedoul; Port Quedoul)
Spernec Point
Stang Nu Creek
Trec'h Beach

Latitude: 47°38'2"N
Longitude: 3°26'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.633888888889,-3.4347222222222

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetLawsoniteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelStauroliteStilpnomelane
TitaniteZircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Deerite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Lawsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Tephroite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)953263,53265,53270,53271,53272,53273,53274,53281,532848803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3853263,53265,53270,53271,53272,53273,53274,532812353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2253264,532722162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5453264,53275,53276,532831310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1532842734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1532849052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2253279,5328427198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21053258,53259,53264,53266,53269,53273,53274,53277,53283,53284376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81532691756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1532661025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3353264,53276,532831797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5153284344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1532844165
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3815327327
Deerite  (*)NoneFe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)515326027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21532659895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1153258,53264,53265,53266,53268,53270,53273,53275,53276,53277,532838173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1532641188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15328424243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21853258,53260,53264,53266,53267,53268,53269,53271,53272,53273,53274,53275,53276,53277,53281,53282,53283,53284286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1532847437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15328430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1532622812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31532651544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2153260223
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3853258,53264,53265,53266,53273,53274,53277,5328114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3853261,53262,53264,53273,53274,53275,53276,532835433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4153265172
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6353259,53266,53279154
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4253264,532831507
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O653258,53259,53260,53270,53274,53281121
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4553264,53269,53275,53276,5328314899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2453266,53273,53274,5327917380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6253268,53274229
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2153273247
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)153265260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2353264,53275,5328339462
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3153265147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2753259,53265,53272,53273,53279,53281,5328461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21153259,53264,53266,53269,53272,53273,53275,53276,53280,53281,532835614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1532841153
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5253264,532831516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3553265,53270,53274,53278,532811214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41532641934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)453264,53275,53276,53283978
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O353269,53278,53281456
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)153265240
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O753258,53259,53264,53275,53276,53277,532814899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)453264,53275,53276,532835251



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