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Locality Name:
Bois-de-la-Roche Quarry, Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France

mindat Locality ID: 5543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bois-de-la-Roche Quarry, Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux, Loire-Atlantique, Pays De La Loire, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°42'54"N
Longitude: 1°29'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.715,-1.4883333333333

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierine ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Evansite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lulzacite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pretulite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tobelite ()*	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 As Au C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Corundum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	59
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	56
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Lulzacite ()*	None	Sr₂Fe²⁺₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₁₀	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pretulite ()*	Zircon	Sc(PO₄)	14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tobelite ()*	Mica	(NH₄)Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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