Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Plougasnou, Finistère, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 59408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plougasnou, Finistère, Brittany, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Le Diben Beach Alluvials
Milaudren Beach Alluvials
Plougasnou Beach Alluvials
Pont-Guen
Pontplencoat
Térénez
Trégastel Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 48°41'36"N
Longitude: 3°48'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.693333333333,-3.8116666666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Digenite	Epidote	Marcasite	Mixite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mixite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
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 As B Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Digenite Epidote Marcasite Mixite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	52964,52969	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	52963	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	52966,52968	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	52968	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	52966	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	52966	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	52963,52966,52967	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	52966	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	52966	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	52963,52964	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	52966	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	52966	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	52966	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	52963,52964,52969	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	52968	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	52963,52964,52965,52969	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	52963,52964	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	52963,52964,52969	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	52966	5674
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	52966	168
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	52966,52968	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	52966	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	52966,52968	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	52964,52966,52969	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	52966,52968	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	52966	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	52967,52968	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	52963,52969	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	52966	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	52963,52969	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	52963,52964,52969	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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