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Locality Name:
Normandy, France

mindat Locality ID: 49770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Normandy, France": 84
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Calvados
Eure
Manche
Orne
Seine-Maritime

Latitude: 49°10'1"N
Longitude: 0°4'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.166944444444,0.071666666666667

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	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mössbauerite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Taenite ()*
Trébeurdenite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	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 Ba Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite Iron Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tridymite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	54535	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	54517	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	54517	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	54486,54491,54505,54509,54512	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	54530,54535	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	54514,54524,54531,54535,54538	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	54482,54486,54491,54518,54520,54528	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	54492	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	54491	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	54517,54548	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	54517	94
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	54522,54549	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	54521	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	54508,54518,54527,54528	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	54491,54531	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	54491,54553	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54486	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	54508	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	54508	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	54488,54491,54508	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	54508,54548	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	54517,54548	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	54548	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	54562	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	54548	451
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	54526	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	54508	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	54508,54556	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	54508,54534	5800
Mössbauerite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Fe³⁺₆O₄(OH)₈(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	54519	8
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	54489,54514,54518,54522,54531,54535	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	54503	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	54522,54531,54535	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	54548	1512
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	54517	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	54486,54491,54505,54508,54534,54550,54555,54556	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	54508	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	54484,54485,54486,54492,54498,54499,54505,54514,54516,54518,54521,54531,54532,54535,54549,54556,54557,54560	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	54546	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	54504,54508	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	54508	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	54488,54491,54492	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	54496	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	54492	3418
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	54548	703
Trébeurdenite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₄O₂(OH)₁₀(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	54519	8
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	54517	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	54548	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	54504	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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