Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Le Coreux, Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 13105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Coreux, Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°16'11"N
Longitude: 5°54'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.269722222222,5.9063888888889

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	Ardennite	Braunite	Chlorite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Arsenogoyazite ()*	Braunite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Kanonaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stavelotite-(La) ()*
Strontiomelane ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Ca Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Ardennite Braunite Chlorite Clay Coronadite Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite
Mica None Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	34
Arsenogoyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	21
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	243
Kanonaite ()*	Andalusite	Mn³⁺AlOSiO₄	9
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Stavelotite-(La) ()*	None	La₃Mn²⁺₃Cu²⁺(Mn³⁺,Fe³⁺,Mn⁴⁺)₂₆(Si₂O₇)₆O₃₀	1
Strontiomelane ()*	Coronadite	Sr(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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