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Locality Name:
Primelin, Cape Sizun, Finistère, Brittany, France


mindat Locality ID: 270225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Primelin, Cape Sizun, Finistère, Brittany, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pointe De Castel
Pors Tarz

Latitude: 48°1'7"N
Longitude: 4°36'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.018611111111,-4.6155555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteFluoriteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStibnite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb152665363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1526659052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252665,5266627198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21526669617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15266624243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2252665,526665674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2252665,5266639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81526669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252665,5266661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS252665,5266621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3252665,526663418


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