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


mindat Locality ID: 144343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Munster, Fecht Valley (Munster Valley), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Heidenbach
Luttenbach
Sandbuckel Hill

Latitude: 48°2'25"N
Longitude: 7°7'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.040277777778,7.1313888888889
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 K O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteAtelestiteBaryteBismutiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClay
CobaltiteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzTetrahedriteTyrolite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Eulytine  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)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  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1539249052
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)15392447
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21539245509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15392411547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1539241966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)153924716
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2253924,5392627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1539243531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3153924127
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS153924966
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4153924175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1539244165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1539242970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1539241027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2153924246
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)315392472
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3353924,53925,5392614640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41539245591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2253924,5392612537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O153924168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215392517380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)153924492
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2253924,5392661156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131539245317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O153924245
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3153924297
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O15392484


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