Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Haute Sparaouine River, Apatou Commune, French Guiana, France

mindat Locality ID: 73129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haute Sparaouine River, Apatou Commune, French Guiana, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Topaz	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Nb O P Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ca F Fe H K Mg Nb O P Si Sn Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite Topaz Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	414
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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