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Locality Name:
Roptai Forest, Ave-et-Auffe, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 281803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roptai Forest, Ave-et-Auffe, Rochefort, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Baryte Mine

Latitude: 50°6'52"N
Longitude: 5°7'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.114444444444,5.1255555555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite
Minium	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Fluorite Linarite Malachite Marcasite
Minium None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	25580	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	25580	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	25580	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	25580	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	25580	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	25580	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	25580	1027
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	25580	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	25580	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	25580	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	25580	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	25580	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	25580	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	25580	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	25580	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	25580	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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