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


mindat Locality ID: 54123
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54123.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menet, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Brocq-en-Menet
Puy D'Augoules
Puy De Menoyre
Sumène River Alluvials

Latitude: 45°18'23"N
Longitude: 2°35'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.306388888889,2.5897222222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleCancrinite-sodaliteCorundumFeldsparGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneRutile
SodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Augite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Haüyne  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nosean  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6150695286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1506968803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31506962353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3250695,506961534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1506941036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6250696,506972060
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3350695,50696,506971797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61506964135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6150696944
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)150694158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3250696,5069714640
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2150696179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4250696,5069714899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)150694884
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O15069475
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1506962994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1506942349
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21506975614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)150696598
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51506961516
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl150694444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31506961214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4250694,506961934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O450694,50695,50696,506974899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2150696458
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)350694,50696,506975251


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