Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 14143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ave-et-Auffe
Buissonville
Grotte De Lorette
Han-sur-Lesse
Jemelle
Lavaux-Sainte-Anne

Latitude: 50°8'45"N
Longitude: 5°11'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.145833333333,5.1858333333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Fluorite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Minium	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore Digenite Fluorite Gypsum
Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Minium None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	25589	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	25578,25580,25584,25589	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	25578,25580,25582,25583,25585,25587,25589	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	25578,25583	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	25578,25580	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	25578,25580,25589	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	25580	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	25580,25587	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	25580	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	25578,25589	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	25578,25580,25585,25589	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	25578,25580,25583,25587,25589	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	25583	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	25578	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	25580	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	25578,25580	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	25578,25580,25582,25583,25589	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	2	25580,25583	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	25578,25580,25582,25583,25587,25589	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	25578,25580,25582,25585	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	25587	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	25578	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	25578,25580,25587,25589	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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