Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 12269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bihain, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Roche Falîche

Latitude: 50°14'52"N
Longitude: 5°48'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.247777777778,5.8091666666667

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Ardennite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rutile	Spinel	Turquoise
Wavellite

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite-(V) ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Davreuxite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sudoite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Vantasselite ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Si Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Ardennite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Garnet
Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrophyllite Quartz Ramsdellite Rutile Spinel Turquoise
Wavellite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	0		34
Ardennite-(V) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(VO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	0		11
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	0		280
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	0		599
Davreuxite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Al₆Si₄O₁₇(OH)₂	0		6
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	25476	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	0		445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	0		350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	25476	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	0		210
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25476	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	0		121
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		59
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		247
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	25476	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	25476	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	0		51
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Vantasselite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O	0		5
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	0		301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	0		374

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

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