Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Escouloubre, Aude, Occitanie, France

mindat Locality ID: 252784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Escouloubre, Aude, Occitanie, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
L'Aguzou Cave
La Cayrolle

Latitude: 42°45'40"N
Longitude: 2°5'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.761111111111,2.0922222222222

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Linarite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	55094	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	55095	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	55095	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	55095	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	55094,55095	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	55095	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	55095	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	55095	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	55095	1689
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	55095	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	55095	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	55095	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	55095	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	55095	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	55095	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	55095	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	55095	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	55095	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	55095	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	55095	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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