Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Puech De Vermus, Espalion, Aveyron, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 43452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puech De Vermus, Espalion, Aveyron, Occitanie, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°30'54"N
Longitude: 2°46'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.515,2.7791666666667

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Ettringite	Gismondine	Gyrolite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tobermorite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gismondine ()*
Gyrolite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Tobermorite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Calcite Clay Ettringite Gismondine Gyrolite Natrolite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite Tobermorite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	128
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	142
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	114

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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