Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

mindat Locality ID: 6862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 52
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Aramits
Arbouet-Sussaute
Aspe Valley
Biarritz
Carresse-Cassaber
Eaux-Bonnes
Espelette
Hélette
Itxassou
Jurançon
Laruns
Louvie Soubiron
Ossau Valley
Pau
Saint Etienne-de-Baigorry
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Salies-de-Béarn
Tardets Sorholus

Latitude: 43°4'52"N
Longitude: 0°-49'-42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.081111111111,-0.82833333333333

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Ullmannite	Vivianite	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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Ullmannite Vivianite Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epidote-(Sr) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marialite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nioboaeschynite-(Ce) ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	54955,54956,54957	3419
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	2	54923,54924	43
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	54923,54924,54950	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	54923,54924	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	54953	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	5	54936,54937,54938,54941,54972	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	54934	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	54934	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	54926,54948	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	54934	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	54934	1966
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1	54934	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	54926,54934,54942,54952,54954,54955,54956,54957,54970	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	54934	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	54933,54934,54935,54957	27198
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	2	54923,54924	89
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	54923,54924	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	54940	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	54923,54924	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	54952	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	54928,54956	8173
Epidote-(Sr) ()*	Epidote	CaSr(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	54923,54924	8
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	2	54923,54924	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	54926,54945	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	54934,54935,54972	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54948	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	54939,54953	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	54926,54932	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	54950	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	54948,54956	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	54926	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	54935	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	54923,54924	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	54940	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	54923,54924,54946	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	54961	139
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	54923,54924	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	54923,54924	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	54934	633
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)₂(O,OH)₆	2	54923,54924	17
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	54956	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	54934	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	54934,54935,54972	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	2	54923,54924	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	54934	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	54935,54956,54957,54962,54964,54967	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	54923,54924	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	2	54923,54924	353
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	54934,54935,54957	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	54934	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	54926,54934	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	54926,54934,54950	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	54937	978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	54934,54957	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	54923,54924	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	54923,54924	4899
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	54934	293
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	54923,54924	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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