Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Ponts-Tarrets, Le Breuil, Tarare, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

mindat Locality ID: 69500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69500.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Ponts-Tarrets, Le Breuil, Tarare, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°54'25"N
Longitude: 4°34'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.906944444444,4.575

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	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	None	Quartz	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Spinel

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 Fe H Mg O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote None Quartz Sepiolite Serpentine Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Epidote ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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