Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Plouguerneau, Finistère, Brittany, France

mindat Locality ID: 155591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plouguerneau, Finistère, Brittany, France": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Créac’h An Avel Beach Alluvials
Koréjou Beach Alluvials
Lilia
Zorn Beach Alluvials

Latitude: 48°37'24"N
Longitude: 4°30'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.623333333333,-4.5125

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*
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 Ca Fe H K O P S Si Sn Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	52980,52981,52983,52987	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	52981,52983	1310
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	52981,52983	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	52981,52983	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	52980,52983,52987	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	52980,52981,52983,52987	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	52980,52983	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	52980,52981,52983,52987	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	52981	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	52983	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	52984	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	52980,52981,52983,52987	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	52980,52981,52983	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	52981,52983	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	52987	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	52980	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	52980,52981,52983,52987	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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