Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lessines, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 156342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lessines, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Deux-Acren
Porphyry Quarry (CUP Quarry)

Latitude: 50°42'47"N
Longitude: 3°51'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.713055555556,3.8613888888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite

Anatase ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Melanterite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	25220,25221	2162
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	25221	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	25220,25221	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	25220,25221	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	25221	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	25220,25221	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	25221	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	25221	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	25221	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	25221	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	25221	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25221	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	25221	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	25220,25221	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25221	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	25221	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	25220,25221	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	25221	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	25221	21482
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	25221	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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