Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coticule Mines EoS, Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 296563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coticule Mines EoS, Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°16'6"N
Longitude: 5°54'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.268333333333,5.9138888888889

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Turquoise	Wavellite
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Davreuxite ()*	Dickite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sudoite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Au C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Ti U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Turquoise Wavellite
Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	280
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	310
Davreuxite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Al₆Si₄O₁₇(OH)₂	6
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	73
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	51
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	374
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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