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Locality Name:
Plessis Quarry, Laz, Finistère, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 42090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plessis Quarry, Laz, Finistère, Brittany, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°7'50"N
Longitude: 3°49'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.130555555556,-3.8166666666667
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBrookiteCarminiteClayColumbite
CopperCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMelanteriteMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRaspiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSulphurSymplesite
TetrahedriteWavelliteZircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS30105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60121
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)026
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3062
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)0156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O092
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O30369
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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