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Locality Name:
Blaton, Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium


mindat Locality ID: 279936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blaton, Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mont-des-Groseillers

Latitude: 50°29'57"N
Longitude: 3°38'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.499166666667,3.6375
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousArseniosideriteArthuriteBaryteBerauniteCalciteCopiapiteCoquimbite
EpsomiteFluoriteGypsumMetavoltineNonePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeiteStarkeyite
StrunziteVivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Destinezite  (*)
Diadochite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Evansite  (*)
Ferristrunzite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Minyulite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O125227470
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12522711547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O125227136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O125227280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12522727770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O125227382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O125227136
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6125227310
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O12522741
Destinezite  (*)NoneFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O12522719
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O12522781
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21252279895
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O12522751
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O125227484
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O12522756
Ferristrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O12522714
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21252279617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1252276890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61252272228
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O12522778
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O12522731
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O125227129
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O125227182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212522739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212522761156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5125227206
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O125227293
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1252276417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O125227263
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O125227301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O125227636
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O12522736


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