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Locality Name:
Manche, Normandy, France


mindat Locality ID: 56525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manche, Normandy, France": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Airel
Cherbourg
Coutances
Diélette
Éroudeville
Flamanville
Jobourg
Landemer
Le Bourg De Lestre
Le Rozel
Le Teilleul Meteorite
Lozon
Mont Saint-Michel Bay
Montmartin-sur-Mer
Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle
Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie
Saint-Pierre-Église
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin
Siouville-Hague

Latitude: 49°16'55"N
Longitude: 1°25'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.281944444444,-1.4213888888889

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetHydrotalciteIronMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRutileScheeliteSpinelTridymiteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mössbauerite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Trébeurdenite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1545171036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61545172060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354505,54509,5451211547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18254514,545244286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354518,54520,5452827770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41545173902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O615451794
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181545221008
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21545219895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)454508,54518,54527,545288173
Gold  (*)CopperAu15450830554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31545081544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315450814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31545085433
Iron  (*)IronFe1545171089
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4154526311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415450814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21545085674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21545085800
Mössbauerite  (*)HydrotalciteFe3+6O4(OH)8(CO3)·3H2O1545198
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354514,54518,5452217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1545032994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1545222349
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6154517303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2254505,5450839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81545089056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2554505,54514,54516,54518,5452161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2254504,545085614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1545084894
Trébeurdenite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+2Fe3+4O2(OH)10(CO3)·3H2O1545198
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2154517458
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1545045251



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