Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tignes, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 297616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tignes, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Le Chardonnet

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Feldspar	Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stannite	Sulphur	Volborthite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Celestine ()*	Colusite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kësterite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sulphur ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Feldspar Fluorite Germanite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur Volborthite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	52111	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	52111	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	52111	5509
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	52111	1252
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1	52111	110
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	52111	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	52111	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	52111	6890
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1	52111	82
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	52111	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	52111	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	52111	5614
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	52111	2045
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	52111	155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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