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Locality Name:
Vosges, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 23715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vosges, Grand Est, France": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Barbey-Seroux
Cleurie
Corcieux
Gérardmer
La Bresse
La-Croix-aux-Mines District
Ménil-de-Senones
Moselotte Valley
Plombières-les-Bains
Raon-l'Etape
Raon-sur-Plaine
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe
Upper Moselle Valley
Val-d'Ajol
Ventron

Latitude: 48°8'48"N
Longitude: 6°49'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.146666666667,6.8305555555556
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllargentumAllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
AtelestiteAutuniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBixbyiteBournoniteBranneriteBrauniteBrochantite
CalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteConnelliteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEttringiteFeldspar
FluoriteFritzscheiteGadoliniteGarnetIronKaoliniteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMeta-autuniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePectolite
PentlanditePerovskitePharmacosideritePhenakitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite
TobermoriteTourmalineTyroliteUllmanniteVesuvianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

159 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Auriacusite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Dukeite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Eulytine  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Francevillite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Susannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S354170,54172,541932793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2254184,542203419
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O254210,5421543
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1541858803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51541611310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31541841534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)354170,54175,542122734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2654169,54170,54175,54184,54189,541933092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb154189363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)254170,541753250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs254170,54189379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS254158,541709052
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)254210,5421547
Auriacusite  (*)AndalusiteFe3+Cu2+(AsO4)O1542156
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O254159,542031272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2854170,54175,54189,54193,54199,54205,54210,542155509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)154184161
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O354208,54210,54215150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1854159,54169,54170,54175,54184,54188,54189,54193,54197,54202,54203,54205,54210,54214,54215,54217,54218,5421911547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2254199,54202172
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181541844286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2254210,5421596
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi354184,54189,542021966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)254210,54215716
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3154159104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4454184,54189,54195,542035516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11154193843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3454170,54189,54193,542141089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6154203248
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)154159483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6454202,54203,54210,542151633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1354165,54170,54178,54184,54188,54189,54193,54205,54207,54209,54210,54215,5421927770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1541841252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)854170,54175,54193,54199,54205,54210,54212,542194979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S354170,54202,542035707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O254210,54215194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21554158,54166,54168,54169,54170,54184,54189,54193,54195,54202,54203,54205,54210,54214,5421527198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)15420231
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O754170,54189,54199,54202,54203,54210,542153531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3354199,54210,54215127
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS154202966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)354199,54210,54215363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O254210,54215295
Copper  (*)CopperCu454184,54199,54210,542153846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18254153,541601008
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4254210,54215109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4354199,54210,54215175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS654170,54199,54202,54203,54205,542154165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16154191599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3254189,54203802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O254210,542152970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)154184498
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S454170,54199,54202,542151027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6254173,541844135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2854169,54170,54175,54184,54186,54189,54193,541979895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)154199220
Dukeite  (*)NoneBi3+24Cr6+8O57(OH)6·3H2O1542083
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)154193180
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2354202,54210,54215246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)254184,541858173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3354202,54208,5421572
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)254188,54189551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1541842740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21754170,54181,54184,54186,54188,54197,54199,54202,54203,54205,54207,54210,54212,54214,54215,54216,542199617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1541541188
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O15415943
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12154170663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3154193105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1354170,54174,54175,54184,54189,54193,54199,54202,54203,54205,54210,54212,5421924243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS154202131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)554169,54170,54189,54193,542027437
Gold  (*)CopperAu354203,54210,5421530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC254170,541892812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS154184717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31541841544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31754158,54159,54161,54163,54165,54166,54169,54179,54184,54185,54189,54203,54205,54207,54210,54213,5421514640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16154159243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)154159469
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61541931066
Iron  (*)IronFe1541881089
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4154159172
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4254210,542155591
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F15421546
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41541541507
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O454203,54205,54210,54215593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)254170,54202581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354170,54189,54193987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4154184249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354184,54185,5420314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21254166,54169,54175,54189,54195,54199,54202,54203,54205,54210,54214,5421512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)154159770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2254170,541895674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO154170202
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O154159388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O154159443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O254210,54215182
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2154189300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl254210,542191107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O254202,54215168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2254184,542035800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O254210,542151508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)254199,54219362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354160,54210,5421517380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs154207633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354202,54210,54215492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS554170,54189,54193,54202,54207767
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O254210,54215105
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)154184363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81541891512
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O254210,54215428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)15418228
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]154193716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O254210,54215309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21541841898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3354172,54173,54193733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31541931425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2954158,54170,54175,54184,54189,54193,54202,54203,5421439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21541593106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl654170,54175,54205,54210,54212,542191725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8454189,54193,54202,542039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22954158,54159,54161,54163,54164,54166,54169,54170,54172,54173,54175,54184,54185,54188,54189,54193,54195,54202,54203,54205,54207,54208,54210,54212,54213,54214,54215,54216,5421961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS254210,54219712
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)154159969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10154191312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2254184,542035614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2354158,54170,54202317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)454159,54184,54188,541894894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1541592705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O254210,542151153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)754169,54170,54188,54189,54193,54210,542156417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51541541516
Silver  (*)CopperAg654170,54171,54172,54175,54210,542155186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3154170531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS654170,54175,54184,54189,54193,5420321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41541731934
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S315417262
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)154189446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31541893418
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O254210,5421590
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS154170332
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)215420599
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13554170,54189,54202,54210,542151803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1541701101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131354158,54166,54170,54172,54175,54189,54193,54199,54202,54203,54210,54214,542155317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O154184183
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O154193433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1541591059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21541842562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O254210,54215245
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS154193293
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl154210605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101541841395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4154184380
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3354202,54210,54215297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4254205,542191655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS315417289
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O254210,5421584
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O254210,54215185


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