Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rayssac, Alban, Tarn, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 296782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rayssac, Alban, Tarn, Occitanie, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Le Moulinal Mine

Latitude: 43°49'22"N
Longitude: 2°25'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.822777777778,2.4263888888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Copper	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Langite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Copper Cyanotrichite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	56176	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	56176	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	56176	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	56176	5516
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	56176	88
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	56176	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	56176	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	56176	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	56176	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	56176	144
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	56176	246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	56176	9617
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	56176	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	56176	7437
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	56176	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	56176	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	56176	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	56176	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	56176	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	56176	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	56176	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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