Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Durance Alluvial Deposits, Peyrolles-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 65951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Durance Alluvial Deposits, Peyrolles-en-Provence, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°39'33"N
Longitude: 5°35'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.659166666667,5.5913888888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Garnet	Isomertieite	Marcasite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite
Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Tourmaline
Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprorhodsite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isomertieite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Litharge ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Shandite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Auricupride Calcite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Garnet Isomertieite Marcasite Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite
Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Staurolite Titanite Tourmaline
Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	166
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	34
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	128
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	48
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	139
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os	169
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Shandite ()*	None	Ni₃Pb₂S₂	14
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu	30
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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