Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cantal Mts, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 53684
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53684.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cantal Mts, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Le Lioran
Mandailles-Saint-Julien
Puy Griou
Puy Mary Area
Saint-Jacques-des-Blats
Salers
Vic-sur-Cère

Latitude: 45°5'49"N
Longitude: 2°34'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.096944444444,2.5788888888889

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	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Halotrichite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dypingite ()*	Gold ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Nosean ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Autunite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cristobalite
Feldspar Fluorite Halotrichite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

34 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	50545	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	50566	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	50557	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	50570	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	50545	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	50545,50550,50566	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	50547	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	50557,50569,50572	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	50550	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	50545	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	50564	50
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	50548	30554
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	50552	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	50545,50557	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	50545,50557	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	50547	5674
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	3	50559,50562,50564	80
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	1	50552	75
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	50546	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	50571	2349
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	50560	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	50548	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	50547	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	50547,50550,50569,50570	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	50557	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	50543,50544	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	50550	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	50557	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	50549	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	50543,50544,50557	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	50570	1059
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	50545,50550	458
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	50570	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	50557	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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