Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ardennite-quartz-veins
Copper-tellurium-mineralization
Coticule Mines EoS
Coticule Mines WoS
Le Coreux

Latitude: 50°16'9"N
Longitude: 5°54'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.269166666667,5.9077777777778

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Ardennite	Beryl	Braunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Turquoise	Wavellite	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 Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Te Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Li Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Ardennite Beryl Braunite Brochantite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Connellite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Ramsdellite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Turquoise Wavellite Zircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*
Arsenogoyazite ()*	Azurite ()*	Balyakinite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Connellite ()*	Cookeite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Davreuxite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graemite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Kanonaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Paratellurite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Stavelotite-(La) ()*	Strontiomelane ()*	Sudoite ()*	Teineite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	25485,25489	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	25487	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	25487,25488,25489	1310
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	25486	88
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	2	25485,25489	34
Arsenogoyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	25489	21
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	25486	5509
Balyakinite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)	1	25486	4
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	25486	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	25486	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	25489	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	25486,25488	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	25487	280
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	1	25486	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	25486,25488	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	25486,25488	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	25486	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5	25485,25486,25487,25488,25489	1756
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	25488	295
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	0		181
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	25486	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	25486,25487	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	25487	310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	25486,25488	2970
Davreuxite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Al₆Si₄O₁₇(OH)₂	1	25487	6
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	2	25486,25488	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	25487	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	25486	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	2	25486,25488	300
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	25487,25488	73
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	25485,25486,25487,25488	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	25485,25486	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	25487	30554
Graemite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)·H₂O	1	25486	6
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	25487	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	25485,25486,25487,25488,25489	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	25489	243
Kanonaite ()*	Andalusite	Mn³⁺AlOSiO₄	1	25489	9
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	25485,25489	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	25486,25488	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	3	25486,25487,25488	234
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	25485	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	25486,25487,25488	12537
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	25487	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	25489	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	25485,25486,25487,25489	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	0		121
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	25486	59
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25485	247
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂	1	25486	20
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	25486	309
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	3	25486,25487,25488	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	25488	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	25489	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	25487	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	25485,25486,25487,25488,25489	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	25485,25488	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	25486,25487,25488	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	25485,25486,25488	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	25485,25486,25488	1214
Stavelotite-(La) ()*	None	La₃Mn²⁺₃Cu²⁺(Mn³⁺,Fe³⁺,Mn⁴⁺)₂₆(Si₂O₇)₆O₃₀	1	25489	1
Strontiomelane ()*	Coronadite	Sr(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	25489	3
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	25487	51
Teineite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	25486	14
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	25487,25488	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	25487	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	25487	374
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	25487	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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