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Locality Name:
Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium


mindat Locality ID: 284950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Old Meuse River Meanders
Rotem Slag Locality

Latitude: 51°2'32"N
Longitude: 5°43'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.042222222222,5.7188888888889

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteConnelliteCopperCorundumDevillineDiaspore
EttringiteGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Elyite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Willemite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1251352734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1251353250
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61251351633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12513527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1251354979
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O125135194
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O125135295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1251353846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1251352970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O125135366
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O12513585
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O12513593
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1251357437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1251356890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312513514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1251351689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61251351066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O125135593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2125135265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2125135987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212513512537
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81251359056
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O125135142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O125135292
Silver  (*)CopperAg1251355186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1251352473
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4125135303
Zinc  (*)NoneZn12513552
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO12513598



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