Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Montreat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA

mindat Locality ID: 59049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montreat, Buncombe Co., North Carolina, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lookout Mt

Latitude: 35°38'18"N
Longitude: 82°17'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.638333333333,-82.288888888889

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.

Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 C Ca H O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None Not in a structural group Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*	Graphite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	249623	1797
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	249623	2812
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	249623	1507
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	249623	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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