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Locality Name:
Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium


mindat Locality ID: 16014
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16014.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vielsalm

Latitude: 50°16'38"N
Longitude: 5°53'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.277222222222,5.8955555555556

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Te Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArdenniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBeryl
BrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteCarpholiteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoid
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigenite
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMalhmooditeMarcasiteMelanterite
MeloniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRamsdelliteRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
SulphurTetradymiteTurquoiseVolborthiteWarditeWavelliteZircon

133 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anilite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Ardennite-(As)  (*)Ardennite-(V)  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Balyakinite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Carminite  (*)Carpholite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Connellite  (*)Cookeite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Davreuxite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euclase  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graemite  (*)Graulichite-(Ce)  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kanonaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Malhmoodite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montanite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Ottrélite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Paratellurite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Stavelotite-(La)  (*)Strengite  (*)Strontiomelane  (*)Sudoite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Teineite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Vantasselite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)Wardite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)225485,254898803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe225474,25478489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2525474,25475,25478,25481,254872162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5725474,25475,25478,25482,25487,25488,254891310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1254782734
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4225474,2548688
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1254783250
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)6425475,25482,25485,2548934
Ardennite-(V)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(VO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)612547511
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs125481379
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(AsO4)2(OH)612548110
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6225481,2548921
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS425474,25478,25480,254819052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21254865509
Balyakinite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)1254864
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12547811547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181254864286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6125481413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4325474,25478,254865516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)125489483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6525474,25478,25481,25486,254881633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O425474,25475,25478,25487280
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2125481178
Carpholite  (*)CarpholiteMn2+Al2Si2O6(OH)412548225
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1254814979
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O225478,2548691
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S425474,25478,25486,254885707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O225474,25478194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2625474,25478,25480,25481,25486,2548827198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2325482,25484,25486376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1254743531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8825474,25475,25478,25485,25486,25487,25488,254891756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS225474,25478966
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O325474,25478,25488295
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8125484181
Copper  (*)CopperCu425474,25478,25484,254863846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS525474,25478,25481,25486,254874165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6325474,25478,25487310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16225475,25478599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O425474,25478,25486,254882970
Davreuxite  (*)NoneMn2+Al6Si4O17(OH)2525474,25475,25478,25482,254876
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)212548090
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2425474,25478,25486,25488144
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)125478481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4425474,25478,25482,25487651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S425474,25478,25484,254861027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16425474,25478,25486,25488300
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1254808173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)125482120
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O125478345
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6325478,25487,2548873
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F725474,25476,25478,25485,25486,25487,254882740
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4325475,25478,25482445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS325474,25478,2548124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)625474,25475,25478,25481,25485,254867437
Gold  (*)CopperAu425474,25478,25481,2548730554
Graemite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·H2O1254866
Graulichite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)61254813
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O425474,25478,25481,254876890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4125475350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31225474,25475,25476,25478,25481,25482,25483,25485,25486,25487,25488,2548914640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16125489243
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612547865
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4225474,25478142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3325474,25478,254815433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61254812228
Kanonaite  (*)AndalusiteMn3+AlOSiO4425474,25478,25482,254899
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4625475,25478,25481,25482,25485,254895591
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)612548141
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O525474,25478,25481,25486,25488593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)125474581
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)525474,25478,25486,25487,25488234
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2425475,25478,25482,25485210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4625474,25478,25480,25481,25482,2548414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2625474,25478,25481,25486,25487,2548812537
Malhmoodite  (*)MalhmooditeFe2+Zr(PO4)2·4H2O1254744
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2325474,25478,254815674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O125481915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2225474,25478207
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O225474,25478443
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl325474,25478,254811107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2325474,25478,254815800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3225474,25478140
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)125487945
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)12547822
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1254891508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2825475,25476,25478,25482,25485,25486,25487,2548917380
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x225475,25484121
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1254782349
Ottrélite  (*)ChloritoidMn2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2625474,25475,25478,25482,25486,2549059
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2325475,25482,25485247
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO212548620
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O325474,25478,25481428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)612548151
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6125481170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6125478477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O425474,25478,25484,25486309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4625474,25478,25482,25486,25487,25488369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2625474,25478,25480,25481,25482,2548839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2425478,25481,25484,254893106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2525474,25475,25478,25482,25487771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8425474,25478,25480,254819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21325474,25475,25476,25478,25481,25482,25483,25484,25485,25486,25487,25488,2548961156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O12548166
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)425474,25478,25485,254881711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2925474,25475,25476,25478,25481,25482,25486,25487,254885614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O225478,254811153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)625474,25478,25481,25485,25486,254886417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3725474,25475,25478,25482,25485,25486,254881214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS325474,25478,2548121482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2812547473
Stavelotite-(La)  (*)NoneLa3Mn2+3Cu2+(Mn3+,Fe3+,Mn4+)26(Si2O7)6O301254891
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O125478263
Strontiomelane  (*)CoronaditeSr(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161254893
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8325475,25482,2548751
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS325474,25478,254812045
Teineite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O12548614
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe225474,25478190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3225474,25478276
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1254781101
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O125482433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O625474,25478,25482,25483,25487,254881059
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O625474,25475,25478,25482,25483,25487484
Vantasselite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl4(PO4)3(OH)3·9H2O1254755
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O225475,25482301
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O125478155
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O225474,2547858
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O525474,25475,25478,25482,25487374
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3225474,25478297
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O225474,2547895
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4225474,254781655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)225478,25487939
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S812547470



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060371Bihain, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgiumhttps://rruff.info/R060371
FKM-6Ottré, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgiumhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-6
R060832Ottré, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgiumhttps://rruff.info/R060832


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