Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lierneux, Lienne Valley, Stavelot Massif, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 193758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lierneux, Lienne Valley, Stavelot Massif, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arbrefontaine
Petit-Sart

Latitude: 50°17'5"N
Longitude: 5°50'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.284722222222,5.8372222222222

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.

Andalusite	Ardennite	Braunite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Garnet	Malhmoodite	Mica	None
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Turquoise	Wavellite

Andalusite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Braunite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Hematite ()*
Malhmoodite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*
Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O P Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Ardennite Braunite Clay Coronadite Corundum Garnet Malhmoodite Mica None
Pyrophyllite Quartz Turquoise Wavellite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	25344	1310
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	1	25344	34
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	25344	483
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	25344	599
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	25344	14640
Malhmoodite ()*	Malhmoodite	Fe²⁺Zr(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	0		4
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25344	17380
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25344	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	25344	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	25342,25344	1214
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	25344	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	25342	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	3	25341,25342,25344	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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