Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chedeville Quarry, Ambazac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 308

mindat Locality ID: 49949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chedeville Quarry, Ambazac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°58'44"N
Longitude: 1°23'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.978888888889,1.3858333333333

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	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Topaz	Tourmaline
Zircon

Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petalite ()*	Topaz ()*	Trilithionite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn W Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Mica None Not in a structural group Rutile Topaz Tourmaline
Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	310	308	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	310	308	4286
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	310	308	280
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	310	308	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	310	308	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	310	308	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	310	308	520
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	310	308	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	310	308	2740
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	310	308	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	310	308	124
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	310	308	1476
Trilithionite ()*	Mica	KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	310	308	28
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	310	308	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	310	308	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_018	310	308	309±1	Ar/Ar			lepidolite							49949	Chedeville Quarry, Ambazac, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France	Chedeville	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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