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Locality Name:
Avent Quarry, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France


mindat Locality ID: 65520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avent Quarry, Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°4'37"N
Longitude: 1°21'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.076944444444,1.3647222222222
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: Al As Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn U W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si Sn U W Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlluauditeArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylClayColumbiteCorundumDufréniteFeldspar
GarnetHureauliteKaoliniteLöllingiteLazuliteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineQuartz
RockbridgeiteRutileTopazTripliteTurquoiseVivianiteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Strengite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Triplite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zwieselite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)3094
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F0244
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2043
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O077
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2020
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)0204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F0233
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zwieselite  (*)TripliteFe2+2(PO4)F047


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