Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

mindat Locality ID: 30281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Avent Quarry
Barrot River Alluvials
Beaubiat - La Clamouze Quarry
Détradet - La Védrenne Quarry
Gartempe Bridge Quarry
La Barost Quarry
La Croix Du Breuil
La Roche Quarry
Le Brugeaud Mine
Le Mas
Le Mazataud Quarry
Mas-Barbu Quarry
Pecout Quarry
Puy Teigneux
Villard

Latitude: 46°5'40"N
Longitude: 1°21'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.094444444444,1.3655555555556

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.

Allophane	Alluaudite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Corundum	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Lazulite	Leucophosphite	Lipscombite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phosphosiderite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite
Rutile	Topaz	Triplite	Turquoise	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	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: Al As Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alluaudite Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Corundum Diaspore Dufrénite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hureaulite Kaolinite Löllingite
Lazulite Leucophosphite Lipscombite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Phosphosiderite Quartz Rockbridgeite
Rutile Topaz Triplite Turquoise Vesuvianite Vivianite Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*
Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Barbosalite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bassetite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hematite ()*	Hentschelite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Lipscombite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Morinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parsonsite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sharpite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Strengite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*
Triphylite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zwieselite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	54742	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	54742	470
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	1	54742	94
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	54743,54754	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	54742	244
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	54743	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	54742	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	7	54742,54744,54747,54749,54750,54754,54756	1272
Barbosalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	54742	43
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	54750	11547
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1	54757	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	54742	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	9	54742,54744,54745,54746,54747,54749,54753,54754,54755	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	54742	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	3	54742,54754,54755	280
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	54742,54743,54753	5171
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	54742	77
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	54750	566
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	54742	139
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	54743	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2	54742,54754	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	54754	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	54748,54750	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54754	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	54754	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	54742,54754	14640
Hentschelite ()*	Lazulite	CuFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	54742	20
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1	54742	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	54742	125
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	54743	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	54742	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	54750	198
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	54755	110
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	54754	47
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	54742,54754	762
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O	1	54754	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	54742,54746,54754	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	54747,54754	2349
Parsonsite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)(PO₄)₂	1	54750	63
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	54754,54755	182
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	54742,54746,54747,54750	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	54742	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	54754	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	54742	1153
Sharpite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₃(CO₃)₄·3H₂O	1	54750	5
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	54742,54754	1214
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	54742	263
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	54743	99
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	54742	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	54742,54754	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	54742	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	5	54742,54747,54753,54754,54755	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	54750	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	54750	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	54754	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	54742	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	54742	5251
Zwieselite ()*	Triplite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)F	2	54742,54754	47

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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