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Locality Name:
Heidenbach, Munster, Fecht Valley (Munster Valley), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 106728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106728.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heidenbach, Munster, Fecht Valley (Munster Valley), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°3'1"N
Longitude: 7°8'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.050277777778,7.1455555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteAtelestiteBaryteBismutiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClay
CobaltiteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteKaoliniteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
TetrahedriteTyrolite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Eulytine  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)047
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)30127
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS20246
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3072
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O084



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