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Locality Name:
Moselle, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 24936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moselle, Grand Est, France": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Château-Salins
Dieuze
Falck (Falk)
Hayange
Longwy
Lorraine Coal Basin
Sarreguemines (Saargemünd)
Sierck-les-Bains
St Avold
Vic-sur-Seille

Latitude: 49°9'38"N
Longitude: 6°47'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.160555555556,6.7886111111111

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundum
DiasporeMalachiteMilleriteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentine
SpinelTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierine  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sylvite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1541363250
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O154148143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21541505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15415011547
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)415413659
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61541501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)254136,5414427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2254142,5415027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8154138577
Copper  (*)CopperCu1541503846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1541502970
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1541382740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15415024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1541507437
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl254133,541511398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3254138,5414514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415413814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215415012537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1541421066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4154147247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354136,54138,5415039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2254145,5414861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)354136,54138,541426417
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl154132275
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131541501803



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070359Hachberg, St Avold, Moselle, Grand Est, Francehttps://rruff.info/R070359


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