Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tigello (Tigelle), Sorbière, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 55758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tigello (Tigelle), Sorbière, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°8'37"N
Longitude: 7°8'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.143611111111,7.1438888888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Covellite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite

Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Covellite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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