Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 54148
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54148.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Belvédère
Le Boréon
Les Sagnes
Madone Des Fenestres EDF Gallery
Madone Des Fenestres Valley
Mercantour Meteorite

Latitude: 44°6'44"N
Longitude: 7°19'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.112222222222,7.3238888888889

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Cobaltite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Fluorite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Millerite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Titanite	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 As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Cobaltite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Fluorite Lepidocrocite Malachite Millerite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Titanite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brookite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Digenite ()*	Duftite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Uranophane-β ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	56759	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	56758,56765	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	56763	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56762	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	56748,56753,56757,56764	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	56751,56757	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	56757	172
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	56762	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	56762	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	56751,56760	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	56764,56765	700
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	56762	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	56754,56757,56763	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	56752	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	56748,56751,56752,56754,56757,56760,56762,56763,56764	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	56757,56758,56760	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	56763,56764	966
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	56747	566
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	56762	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	8	56748,56751,56752,56754,56757,56760,56762,56764	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	56751	2970
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	2	56751,56753	58
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	56757,56760	1027
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	56757	220
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	56755	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	56754,56757,56762,56763,56764	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	56748,56757,56760	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	56760,56763	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	56748,56762	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	56757	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	56763	1066
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	56760	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	56762	5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	56760	581
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	56763	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	8	56748,56749,56752,56753,56754,56757,56760,56763	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	56763	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	56762	5800
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	56763	767
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	56751,56753	144
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	56763	1512
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	56757	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	56748,56752,56754,56757,56760,56762,56763,56764,56765	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	56757,56762,56763	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	56748,56751,56752,56753,56754,56755,56756,56757,56758,56760,56762,56763,56764,56765	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	56748,56757,56760	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	56754	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	56763	2473
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	56762	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	56748,56757,56762,56763,56764	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	56758,56763	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	56756	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	56759	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	56751,56752	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	3	56751,56752,56753	890
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	56765	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	56757	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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