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Locality Name:
Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 47601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albères Massif, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Argelès-sur-Mer
Banyuls-sur-Mer
Cerbère
Collioure (Cotlliure)
L'Albère
Laroque-des-Albères
Montesquieu-des-Albères (Montesquiu D'Albera)
Port-Vendres
Sorède
Villelongue-dels-Monts

Latitude: 42°29'31"N
Longitude: 3°2'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.491944444444,3.0380555555556
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 As Au B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ta Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteArrojaditeArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAutunite
BaryteBerauniteBerylCalcioferriteCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CopiapiteCopperCorundumDiasporeDufréniteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFillowiteFluorite
GarnetGraftoniteGypsumHalotrichiteHureauliteJahnsiteLaueiteLazuliteLipscombiteMalachite
MelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneOlivinePhosphophyllitePhosphosideritePyriteQuartz
RockbridgeiteRutileScheeliteSouzaliteSphaleriteSpinelStewartiteStrunziteSulphurTarbuttite
TitaniteTourmalineTripliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWagneriteZircon

108 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Dravite  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Ferrolaueite  (*)
Ferrostrunzite  (*)Fillowite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Frondelite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gordonite  (*)Gormanite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Griphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ixiolite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kastningite  (*)
Laueite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mangangordonite  (*)Margarite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Paravauxite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Plimerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Robertsite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Rosemaryite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schoonerite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staněkite  (*)
Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tarbuttite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Variscite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Wyllieite  (*)
Xanthoxenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)355759,55761,557868803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)315578694
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3655761,55786,55802,55810,55812,558132353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5655758,55771,55772,55778,55812,558141310
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)215578650
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS355758,55761,558089052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)315578679
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O555758,55759,55761,55764,557861272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)355761,55779,5578011547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O155761136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O15578655
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18555761,55763,55772,55777,557864286
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O155786178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41557985516
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O255761,55786280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)255773,5578527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2355779,55780,5579827198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O15578693
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4255761,55786321
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1558021025
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O255758,55759382
Copper  (*)CopperCu1558113846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18255762,557761008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31558061797
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)255790,55792648
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O155786139
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O255783,5578651
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O155786128
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)255761,55786108
Ferrolaueite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O255756,557615
Ferrostrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O15578619
Fillowite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaMn2+11(PO4)9255758,5576114
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21558079617
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)515578652
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)455794,55796,55799,558037437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15577030554
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O15578618
Gormanite  (*)SouzaliteFe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O15578623
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2455758,55759,55761,55786107
Graphite  (*)NoneC255761,557862812
Griphite  (*)NoneCa(Mn2+,Na,Li)6Fe2+Al2(PO4)6(F,OH)21557928
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3355783,55788,558021544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O255761,558016890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O255758,55759409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31055774,55781,55787,55794,55796,55799,55803,55805,55807,5580814640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4255761,55786407
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)255761,55786204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O155786125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH255761,55786367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31558065433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2155786148
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O255761,5578627
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O15578618
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61557612228
Kastningite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O1557868
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O15578670
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2255761,55786232
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2255761,5578647
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4455803,55805,55807,5580814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215579812537
Mangangordonite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O1557866
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2155806168
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O255758,55759915
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O255761,5578643
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)355761,55786,558094924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O255761,55786129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21557975800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)155786945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)155786200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21455756,55757,55758,55760,55761,55764,55767,55768,55770,55771,55777,55786,55788,5580617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1557862994
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O15576112
Paravauxite  (*)LaueiteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O15578619
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O15576129
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O155786182
Plimerite  (*)RockbridgeiteZn2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)1557618
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21155761,55772,55775,55779,55780,55785,55786,55794,55796,55807,5581139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21855759,55761,55771,55772,55774,55775,55779,55780,55783,55786,55787,55794,55796,55798,55803,55805,55807,5580861156
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O15578636
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5455758,55759,55761,55786206
Rosemaryite  (*)None   NaMn2+(Fe3+Al)(PO4)3255761,557867
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2255786,558065614
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2455758,55759,55761,5578658
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1557654894
Schoonerite  (*)CalcioferriteZnMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)3(OH)2(H2O)7·2H2O15576113
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1355761,55762,55768,55770,55771,55786,55788,55790,55792,55794,55795,55802,558122705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31558031214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS255761,5578421482
Staněkite  (*)WagneriteFe3+Mn2+O(PO4)15578613
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O15578648
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O155786263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O255761,5578698
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1557792045
Tarbuttite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(PO4)(OH)255761,5578611
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1557834899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O455758,55759,55761,557861059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)255761,55786313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F255761,55786233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2355758,55759,557612718
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O155786301
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10455768,55778,55783,557881395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O455758,55759,55761,55786636
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F355758,55759,5576161
Wyllieite  (*)NoneNaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)3255761,5578617
Xanthoxenite  (*)NoneCa4Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·3H2O255761,5578629
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)255761,557865251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1558061025


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