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Locality Name:
Hourt Quarry, Grand Halleux, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium


mindat Locality ID: 13235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hourt Quarry, Grand Halleux, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°18'12"N
Longitude: 5°54'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.303333333333,5.9113888888889

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 Au C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelSulphur

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graulichite-(Ce)  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kintoreite  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(AsO4)2(OH)6010
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6021
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graulichite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)603
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6041
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6051
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O066
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045



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