Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 296565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296565.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 50°16'22"N
Longitude: 5°54'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.272777777778,5.9033333333333

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Connellite	Corundum
Garnet	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

Andalusite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Connellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 Mg Mn O P S Si Ti U

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Connellite Corundum
Garnet Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	73
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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