Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 56796
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56796.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Arnayon
Aubres
Barsac
Beauvoisin
Bourdeaux
Buis-les-Baronnies
Châteauneuf-de-Galaure
Clansayes
Condorcet
Gumiane
La Motte-Chalancon
Les Pilles
Loriol-sur-Drôme
Menglon
Nyons
Rémuzat
Romans-sur-Isère
Saint-Vallier
Séderon
Valence
Vercheny

Latitude: 44°39'31"N
Longitude: 5°7'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.658611111111,5.13

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Dundasite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Olivine	Oxalate	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tridymite	Zircon

Alabandite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Oldhamite ()*	Perryite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Strontiodresserite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*	Tunisite ()*	Whewellite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Dundasite
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Malachite None Olivine Oxalate Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tridymite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	50793	312
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4	50794,50804,50819,50833	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	50822	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	50833	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	50822	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	50791,50804,50806,50807,50819	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	50794,50796,50804,50806,50810,50816,50817,50818,50825,50830,50833	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	7	50794,50796,50804,50806,50818,50819,50833	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	50804	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	50804	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	50822	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	50793	94
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	50793	157
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	50804	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	50793	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	50794,50796,50819,50833	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	50793	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	50830	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	50819,50831	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	50793	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	50804,50806,50812	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	50828	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	50804,50819	6890
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	2	50802,50803	367
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	50804	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	50822	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	50793,50822	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	50827	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	50804	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	50822	230
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	50793	58
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	50793	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	50822	303
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	50793	100
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	50804	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	50794,50804,50810,50818,50819,50830,50831,50833	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	50794,50796,50804,50816,50817,50818,50819,50822,50825,50827,50833	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	50793	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	50804,50819	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	50804	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	50804,50806,50812	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	50796,50819	589
Strontiodresserite ()*	Dundasite	SrAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	50804	4
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	50819	2045
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	50822	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	50793,50822	1044
Tunisite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈Cl	1	50804	5
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	1	50804	66
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	50822	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060776	Condorcet, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France	https://rruff.info/R060776

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