Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Belle-Roche Quarry, Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 297998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belle-Roche Quarry, Plestin-les-Grèves, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°40'1"N
Longitude: 3°34'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.666944444444,-3.5794444444444

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Cubanite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Galena ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: As Bi Cu Fe Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Cu Fe Mo Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Covellite Cubanite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Wurtzite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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