Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Montbolo, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 295495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montbolo, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dolomite Quarry
La Balma
Mas Carbonell

Latitude: 42°28'46"N
Longitude: 2°39'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.479444444444,2.6580555555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Scheelite	Ullmannite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Ni O S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Fluorite Gypsum Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Scheelite Ullmannite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56036	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	56035	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	56034	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	56035	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	56034,56035,56036	6890
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	56035	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	56035	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	56036	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	56035	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	56035	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	56035	6417
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	56036	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	56035	293

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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