Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Montgenèvre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France

mindat Locality ID: 245134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montgenèvre, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chenaillet Massif
Mont-Cruzeau

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Lawsonite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz
Serpentine	Spinel

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Lawsonite Mica None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz
Serpentine Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	56903	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	56901,56903	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	56902	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	56902	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	56902	951
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	56901,56902	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	56903	14640
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	56903	121
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	56903	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	56901	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	56901	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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