Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La-Roche-en-Ardenne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 283633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La-Roche-en-Ardenne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Roche Road Cut

Latitude: 50°10'58"N
Longitude: 5°34'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.182777777778,5.5763888888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Malachite Marcasite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	25450	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	25450	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	25450	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	25450	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	25450	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	25450	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	25450	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	25450	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	25450	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	25450	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	25450	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	25450	7437
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	25450	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	25450	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	25450	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	25450	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	25450	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	25450	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	25450	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	25450	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	25450	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	25450	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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