Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 58647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quimper, Finistère, Brittany, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ergué Armel
L'Odet River Alluvials
Mont Frugy
Pont Quéau
Tréméoc
Ty Gardien

Latitude: 48°1'10"N
Longitude: 4°3'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.019444444444,-4.0663888888889

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Garnet	Klebelsbergite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Stibnite
Zinkenite

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Klebelsbergite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tripuhyite ()*	Valentinite ()*
Zinkenite ()*

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 Au Ca F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Berthierite Clay Copper Fluorite Garnet Klebelsbergite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Staurolite Stibnite
Zinkenite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	53061	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	53060	1310
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	53062	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	53062	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	53062	343
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	53057	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	53058	30554
Klebelsbergite ()*	Klebelsbergite	Sb³⁺₄O₄(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	53062	16
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	53060	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	1	53062	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	53060	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	53062	61156
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	53062	179
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	53062	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	53060	978
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	53062	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	53059,53062	3418
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	53062	66
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	53062	369
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	53062	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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