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


mindat Locality ID: 133537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand Halleux, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Drill Hole
Hourt Quarry

Latitude: 50°18'33"N
Longitude: 5°54'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.309166666667,5.9105555555556
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 Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelSulphur

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Epidote  (*)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 groupTiO21254812162
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs125481379
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(AsO4)2(OH)612548110
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)612548121
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS225480,254819052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6125481413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61254811633
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2125481178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1254814979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2225480,2548127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1254814165
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)212548090
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1254808173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12548124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1254817437
Gold  (*)CopperAu12548130554
Graulichite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)61254813
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1254816890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312548114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31254815433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61254812228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41254815591
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)612548141
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O125481593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4225480,2548114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212548112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21254815674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O125481915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1254811107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21254815800
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O125481428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)612548151
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6125481170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2225480,2548139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21254813106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8225480,254819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212548161156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O12548166
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21254815614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1254811153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1254816417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12548121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1254812045


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