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Locality Name:
Paris, Ile-de-France, France


mindat Locality ID: 30942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paris, Ile-de-France, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Forum Des Halles
La Sorbonne
Ménilmontant
Montmartre
Paris Meteorite
Vaugirard Old Slaughterhouse

Latitude: 48°51'56"N
Longitude: 2°21'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.865555555556,2.3538888888889

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteBruciteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCristobaliteFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
IronMagnetoplumbiteMeliliteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneQuartz
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelTochiliniteTridymite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Amakinite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)
Daubréelite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Grossite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hibonite  (*)Iron  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mellite  (*)Mogánite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Saponite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)
Tochilinite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Amakinite  (*)BruciteFe(OH)21543233
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1543231036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61543232060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15431911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)254319,5432327770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)254319,543221252
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41543233902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4154323951
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2154323453
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)415432354
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4154323157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61543234135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6154323944
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2254319,543209617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1543231188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7154323114
Grossite  (*)NoneCaAl4O715432319
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O254322,543246890
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1915432380
Iron  (*)IronFe1543231089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415432314899
Mellite  (*)NoneAl2C6(COO)6·16H2O011
Mogánite  (*)NoneSiO2·nH2O15432443
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)154323884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1543212994
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81543231512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3154323495
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6154323303
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81543239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2254319,5432461156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O154323301
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P154323374
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl154323444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41543231934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)154323703
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]15432356
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1543231044



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