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Locality Name:
Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France


mindat Locality ID: 297772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cavalaire-sur-Mer, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Carrade De Cavalaire

Latitude: 43°11'54"N
Longitude: 6°32'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.198333333333,6.5447222222222
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 Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChloriteClayNonePyroxeneRutileSerpentineSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Diopside  (*)Hercynite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Rutile  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2157011718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4157011708
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41570113902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4157011951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81570111756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61570114135
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4157011407
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415701114899
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21570115614
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21570112562


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