Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 31808
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31808.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Allos Area
Barcelonnette
Bevons
Blieux
Céreste
Col Du Défend
Forcalquier
Greoux-les-Bains
Jausiers
Le Lauzet-Ubaye
Méolans-Revel
Mison
Moriez
Oppedette
Piegut
Saint-Maime Mines
Saint-Martin-les-Eaux
Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye
Saint-Pons Area
Sigoyer Area
Sisteron

Latitude: 44°13'18"N
Longitude: 6°15'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.221666666667,6.2641666666667

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.

Acanthite	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Bournonite	Braunite
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Dadsonite
Danburite	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gismondine	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tobermorite	Wollastonite	Zinkenite

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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bixbyite Bournonite Braunite
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Dadsonite
Danburite Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Garnet Gismondine Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrosmalite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tobermorite Wollastonite Zinkenite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bixbyite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chalcostibite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cookeite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dadsonite ()*
Danburite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Esseneite ()*	Galena ()*
Gismondine ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	56662	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56662	254
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	56676,56678	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	56660	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	5	56681,56683,56684,56685,56688	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	56673	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	7	56662,56673,56681,56682,56683,56684,56685	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	56681,56683	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	56662,56681	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	56657,56662,56679,56681,56683	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	56679	104
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	5	56681,56682,56683,56684,56685	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	5	56672,56681,56682,56683,56685	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	56679	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	56681,56683	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	17	56649,56653,56659,56662,56664,56666,56668,56672,56673,56676,56678,56679,56681,56683,56684,56686,56688	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	5	56658,56670,56681,56683,56688	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	56660,56672,56681,56682,56683,56685	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	56660	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	56662,56681,56683	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	3	56681,56682,56685	162
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	56680	951
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2	56681,56684	181
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	56660	4165
Dadsonite ()*	Dadsonite	Pb₂₃Sb₂₅S₆₀Cl	3	56681,56682,56685	15
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	56673	148
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	56662	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	56676,56678	8173
Esseneite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe³⁺AlSiO₆	1	56673	17
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	56662,56672,56681,56683	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	56673	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	56681,56682,56685	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	56660	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	56673	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	56661,56673,56681,56683	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	56679	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	56662,56673	14640
Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5OH	1	56673	22
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	56681,56682,56683,56685	5591
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	56673	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	56673	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	56662,56672,56681,56683	12537
Oxyplumboroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb₂O₇	1	56672	33
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	56681	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	56651,56662,56666,56684	39462
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH,Cl)₁₀	1	56679	25
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	56649,56650,56653,56662,56664,56666,56668,56678,56681,56682,56683,56684,56686	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	56679	969
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	2	56681,56683	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	56681,56682,56683,56684,56685	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	56662,56681,56683,56684	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	56683	446
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	56668	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	56681	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	56662,56681,56683	5317
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	56673	183
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	56673	114
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	56673	1247
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	4	56681,56682,56683,56685	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060246	Saint-Pons Area, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France	https://rruff.info/R060246

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