Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Les Rochettes Quarries, Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 192199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Rochettes Quarries, Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°50'13"N
Longitude: 5°14'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.836944444444,5.2419444444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Cl F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Feldspar None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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