Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 209953
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209953.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bihain
Cahai (Cahay)
Grand Halleux
Ottré
Salmchâteau
Vielsalm Roadcut

Latitude: 50°16'39"N
Longitude: 5°53'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.2775,5.8958333333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Ardennite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl
Braunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Carminite	Carpholite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid
Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Connellite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Malhmoodite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Sulphur	Tetradymite	Turquoise	Volborthite	Wardite	Wavellite	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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Te Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H O P S Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Ardennite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl
Braunite Brochantite Calcite Carminite Carpholite Chalcoalumite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid
Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Connellite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Malhmoodite Marcasite Melanterite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Ramsdellite Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Sulphur Tetradymite Turquoise Volborthite Wardite Wavellite Zircon

133 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anilite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite-(V) ()*	Arsenic ()*
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) ()*	Arsenogoyazite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Balyakinite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Carminite ()*	Carpholite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Connellite ()*	Cookeite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Davreuxite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graemite ()*	Graulichite-(Ce) ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kanonaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kintoreite ()*	Langite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Malhmoodite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Melonite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montanite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Ottrélite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Paratellurite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Stavelotite-(La) ()*	Strengite ()*	Strontiomelane ()*	Sudoite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Teineite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vantasselite ()*	Variscite ()*
Volborthite ()*	Wardite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yarrowite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	25485,25489	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	25478	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	25475,25478,25481,25487	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	6	25475,25478,25482,25487,25488,25489	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	25478	2734
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	25486	88
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	25478	3250
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	4	25475,25482,25485,25489	34
Ardennite-(V) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(VO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	1	25475	11
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	25481	379
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	25481	10
Arsenogoyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	2	25481,25489	21
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	25478,25480,25481	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	25486	5509
Balyakinite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)	1	25486	4
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	25478	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	25486	4286
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	25481	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	25478,25486	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	25489	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	4	25478,25481,25486,25488	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	3	25475,25478,25487	280
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	25481	178
Carpholite ()*	Carpholite	Mn²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	25482	25
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	25481	4979
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	2	25478,25486	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	25478,25486,25488	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	25478	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	25478,25480,25481,25486,25488	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	3	25482,25484,25486	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	7	25475,25478,25485,25486,25487,25488,25489	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	25478	966
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	2	25478,25488	295
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	25484	181
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	25478,25484,25486	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	25478,25481,25486,25487	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2	25478,25487	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	25475,25478	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	25478,25486,25488	2970
Davreuxite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Al₆Si₄O₁₇(OH)₂	4	25475,25478,25482,25487	6
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	25480	90
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	3	25478,25486,25488	144
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	25478	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	25478,25482,25487	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	25478,25484,25486	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	3	25478,25486,25488	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	25480	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	25482	120
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	25478	345
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	25478,25487,25488	73
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	6	25476,25478,25485,25486,25487,25488	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	3	25475,25478,25482	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	25478,25481	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	25475,25478,25481,25485,25486	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	25478,25481,25487	30554
Graemite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)·H₂O	1	25486	6
Graulichite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	25481	3
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	25478,25481,25487	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	25475	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	11	25475,25476,25478,25481,25482,25483,25485,25486,25487,25488,25489	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	25489	243
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	25478	65
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	25478	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	25478,25481	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	25481	2228
Kanonaite ()*	Andalusite	Mn³⁺AlOSiO₄	3	25478,25482,25489	9
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	25475,25478,25481,25482,25485,25489	5591
Kintoreite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	25481	41
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	4	25478,25481,25486,25488	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		581
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	4	25478,25486,25487,25488	234
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	4	25475,25478,25482,25485	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	25478,25480,25481,25482,25484	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	25478,25481,25486,25487,25488	12537
Malhmoodite ()*	Malhmoodite	Fe²⁺Zr(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		4
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	25478,25481	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	25481	915
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	25478	207
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	25478	443
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	25478,25481	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	25478,25481	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	25478	140
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	25487	945
Montanite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₆·nH₂O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)	1	25478	22
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	25489	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	25475,25476,25478,25482,25485,25486,25487,25489	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	2	25475,25484	121
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	25478	2349
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	5	25475,25478,25482,25486,25490	59
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	25475,25482,25485	247
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂	1	25486	20
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	2	25478,25481	428
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	25481	51
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	25481	170
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	25478	477
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	3	25478,25484,25486	309
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	5	25478,25482,25486,25487,25488	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	25478,25480,25481,25482,25488	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	4	25478,25481,25484,25489	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	25475,25478,25482,25487	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	25478,25480,25481	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	25475,25476,25478,25481,25482,25483,25484,25485,25486,25487,25488,25489	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	1	25481	66
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	25478,25485,25488	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8	25475,25476,25478,25481,25482,25486,25487,25488	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	25478,25481	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	25478,25481,25485,25486,25488	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	6	25475,25478,25482,25485,25486,25488	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	25478,25481	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	0		73
Stavelotite-(La) ()*	None	La₃Mn²⁺₃Cu²⁺(Mn³⁺,Fe³⁺,Mn⁴⁺)₂₆(Si₂O₇)₆O₃₀	1	25489	1
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	25478	263
Strontiomelane ()*	Coronadite	Sr(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	25489	3
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	3	25475,25482,25487	51
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	25478,25481	2045
Teineite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	25486	14
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	25478	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	25478	276
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	25478	1101
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	25482	433
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	5	25478,25482,25483,25487,25488	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	5	25475,25478,25482,25483,25487	484
Vantasselite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O	1	25475	5
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	25475,25482	301
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	25478	155
Wardite ()*	Wardite	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	25478	58
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	4	25475,25478,25482,25487	374
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	25478	297
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	25478	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	25478	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	25478,25487	939
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	0		70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060371	Bihain, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium	https://rruff.info/R060371
FKM-6	Ottré, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-6
R060832	Ottré, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium	https://rruff.info/R060832

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