Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St-Didier-la-Forêt, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 304236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St-Didier-la-Forêt, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Andelot River Watershed

Latitude: 46°13'40"N
Longitude: 3°18'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.227777777778,3.3075

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Corundum ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Au B Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	50407	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	50407	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	50407	2060
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	50407	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	50407	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	50407	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	50407	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	50407	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	50407	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	50407	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	50407	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	50407	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	50407	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	50407	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	50407	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	50407	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	50407	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	50407	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	50407	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	50407	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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