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Locality Name:
Fresse-sur-Moselle, Upper Moselle Valley, Vosges, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 13240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fresse-sur-Moselle, Upper Moselle Valley, Vosges, Grand Est, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 F Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCobaltiteCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteFluoriteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMixiteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)031
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS20246
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3072
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS0131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297


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