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Locality Name:
Maine-et-Loire, Pays De La Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 49773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maine-et-Loire, Pays De La Loire, France": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Briollay
Chalonnes-sur-Loire
Champtoceaux
Gennes
Ingrandes Quarry
Liré
Montjean-sur-Loire
Montreuil-Bellay
Mozé-sur-Louet
Nyoiseau
Saint-André-de-la-Marche
Saint-Pierre-Montlimart
Saint-Saturnin-sur-Loire
Segré
Souzay-Champigny
St Jean Des Mauvrets
Trélazé

Latitude: 47°21'40"N
Longitude: 0°-38'-14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.361111111111,-0.63722222222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stilpnomelane Vivianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	56581	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	56571,56573	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56584	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	56579,56581	11547
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	56591	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	56571,56573,56575,56576,56581,56583,56585,56593	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	56584	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	56581	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	56568	376
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	56578	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	56581	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	56571,56579,56581,56583,56585	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	56581	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	56583	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	56581,56584	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	56591	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	56570,56584,56586	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	56564,56581	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	56581	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	56568	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	56581	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	56564,56581	5674
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	56571	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	56573,56575,56581,56583,56584,56585,56591,56593	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	56579,56581,56583,56584,56585,56586,56591	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	56581,56591	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	56581,56584	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	56568	978
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	56581	456
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	56570	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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