Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 49950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49950.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 45°58'42"N
Longitude: 1°23'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.978333333333,1.3922222222222

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Topaz

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 Be Ca F H K Li Na O Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F H K Li Na O Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Rutile Topaz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petalite ()*	Topaz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	124
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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