Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Orvault, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 55005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orvault, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Grée
La Houssaie
Le Haut-Cormier
Les Anges

Latitude: 47°16'3"N
Longitude: 1°37'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.2675,-1.6316666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Löllingite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dravite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 B Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Löllingite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Tourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	56458	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	56458,56460	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	56458	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	0		1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	56458	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	56458,56459	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	56458	1756
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	56458	520
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	56458	9617
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	56458	762
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	56458,56460	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	56458	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	56458	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	56458	1153
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	56458	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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