Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Luxembourg

mindat Locality ID: 2243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luxembourg": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Diekirch District
Grevenmacher District
Luxembourg District

Latitude: 49°43'15"N
Longitude: 5°59'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.720833333333,5.995

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Baryte	Berthierite	Brochantite	Calcite	Cetineite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite
Geocronite	Gravegliaite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Klebelsbergite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Ullmannite
Wurtzite	Zinkenite	Zircon

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Baryte Berthierite Brochantite Calcite Cetineite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite
Geocronite Gravegliaite Gypsum Kaolinite Klebelsbergite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Ullmannite
Wurtzite Zinkenite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berthierite ()*	Brandholzite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cetineite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Coquandite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fülöppite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gravegliaite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Klebelsbergite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metastibnite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Peretaite ()*	Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Robinsonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Senarmontite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Todorokite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zinkenite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	78279	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	78279	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	78279	363
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3	78274,78275,78279	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	78274	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄			1	78279	343
Brandholzite ()*	None	MgSb₂(OH)₁₂·6H₂O			1	78279	6
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	78274,78275	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	78274,78275,78279,78284	27770
Cetineite ()*	Cetineite	NaK₅Sb₁₄S₆O₁₈(H₂O)₆	0	0	1	78279	7
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			2	78274,78275	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	78274,78275	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	78274,78275,78279	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂			1	78279	162
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	78281	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	78279	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	78274	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	78279	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	78274	3846
Coquandite ()*	None	Sb³⁺_6+xO_8+x(SO₄)(OH)_x(H₂O)_1-x (x = 0.3)			1	78279	10
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	78274	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	78274	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	78274,78275	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	78279	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	78275	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	78274,78275,78279	9895
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅			1	78279	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	78274,78275	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃			1	78279	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	78274,78275,78279	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	78279	30554
Gravegliaite ()*	Gravegliaite	Mn²⁺(S⁴⁺O₃)·3H₂O			1	78281	3
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			4	78270,78274,78275,78279	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	78274,78279,78281	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	78274	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	78279	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	78274,78279	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂			1	78279	230
Klebelsbergite ()*	Klebelsbergite	Sb³⁺₄O₄(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	78279	16
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	78279	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	78274,78275,78279	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	78274,78279	5674
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	78279	87
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	78281	43
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	78279	17380
Peretaite ()*	None	CaSb³⁺₄O₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·2H₂O			1	78279	6
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇			1	78279	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	78274,78275,78279,78284	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	78274	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	78274,78275,78279,78281	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	78274	177
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃			1	78279	39
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	78274	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	78279	5614
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃			1	78279	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	78274,78275	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	78274,78275,78279	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	78279	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	78279	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	78279	2045
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	78279	433
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	78279	293
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	78279	369
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	78279	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	78279	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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