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Locality Name:
Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium


mindat Locality ID: 68168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Flèche Quarry
La Haie Forest
Les Rochettes Quarries
Luchy Farm

Latitude: 49°51'48"N
Longitude: 5°13'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.863333333333,5.2330555555556

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AncyliteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteBrookiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumMalachite
MarcasiteMicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePumpellyitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteTitaniteZircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pumpellyite-(Al)  (*)Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)225437,254398803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31254362353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2425436,25437,25438,254392162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)225437,254392734
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F125436304
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2325437,25438,25439700
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)12543646
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)325436,25437,2543927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)225437,254394979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O125436310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212543627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8225437,25439577
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1254364165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1254368173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F225437,254392740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS325436,25437,2543924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1254367437
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O125436167
Graphite  (*)NoneC1254362812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1254366890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312543814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3325436,25437,254385433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O225436,254401271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4225436,2543914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212543612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21254365674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2225437,2543817380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1254361236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)225436,254402349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21254361898
Pumpellyite-(Al)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Al3(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O12543619
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O12543630
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2225436,2543939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl225437,254391725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2425436,25437,25438,2543961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2425436,25437,25438,254395614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12543621482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O125436268
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F125436232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O325436,25437,254394899
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O12543695
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4225437,254391655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)225437,25438939



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070131La Flèche Quarry, Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgiumhttps://rruff.info/R070131


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