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Locality Name:
Cirque De Pénitence, Le Bosc, Ariège, Occitanie, France


mindat Locality ID: 72145
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72145.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cirque De Pénitence, Le Bosc, Ariège, Occitanie, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Penitence 1
Penitence 2

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteArthuriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetLipscombiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivinePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStrunziteTitaniteVesuvianite
VivianiteZircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Purpurite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Whitmoreite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21550253419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1550248803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31550242353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1550249052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181550244286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15502527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2255024,5502527198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4155024321
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61550254135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1550258173
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)155024108
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2255024,550259617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31550251544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31550255433
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)215502447
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)255024,550254924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21550245800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215502417380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21550252273
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)15502480
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2255024,5502539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81550259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2255024,5502561156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5155024206
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21550245614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1550254894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1550241153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS255024,5502521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41550241934
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O15502498
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1550254899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21550252562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)155024313
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101550251395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O155024636
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O15502436
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1550245251


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