Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Centre-Val De Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 31479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centre-Val De Loire, France": 82
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cher
Eure-et-Loir
Indre
Indre-et-Loire
Loir-et-Cher
Loiret

Latitude: 47°26'21"N
Longitude: 1°39'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.439166666667,1.6663888888889

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Iron	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Monazite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite
Sepiolite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Iron Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Marcasite Mica Millerite Monazite Nickeline Nolanite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite
Sepiolite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53489	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	53489	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	53546	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	53482,53542,53546	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	4	53526,53527,53542,53546	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	53507	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	53541	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	5	53480,53485,53489,53541,53546	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	53476,53482,53507,53546	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	53477,53486,53489,53507	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	53480,53504,53552	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	53507	4979
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	53515,53549	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	53541,53546	94
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	53515	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	53480	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	8	53482,53485,53496,53524,53540,53541,53546,53552	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	53489,53541,53546	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	53507	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	53546	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	53480,53546	8173
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	53541	86
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53546	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	53546	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	53507,53513,53546	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	53489,53546	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	53480,53504,53507,53513	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	53507,53508,53511	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	53482,53485,53504,53546	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	53507,53517	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	53482,53502,53507,53546	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	53541,53546	407
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	53541	80
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	53546	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	53504,53541,53546,53549	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	53515,53541,53549	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	53549	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	53526,53527	5591
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	53541	33
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	53485,53546	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	53482,53504,53546	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	53507	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	53489	139
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	53489	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	53546	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	53526,53529,53546	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	53541	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	53477,53530	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53546	313
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	53541	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	53489	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	53474,53480,53489,53504,53507,53519,53532,53535	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	53507	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	53480	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	53477,53482,53485,53507,53511,53513,53536,53546	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	53480,53546	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	53485,53546	2705
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	53477	241
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	53482,53546	1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	53541	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	53507	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	4	53482,53504,53541,53546	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	4	53482,53485,53527,53546	978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	3	53515,53541,53549	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	53489	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	53482,53485,53546	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	53489	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	53515,53541,53549	1044
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	53507	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	53546	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	53480,53485,53504,53527,53546	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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