Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
St Avold, Moselle, Grand Est, France

mindat Locality ID: 288082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Avold, Moselle, Grand Est, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Castelberg
Hachberg
Longeville

Latitude: 49°6'27"N
Longitude: 6°38'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.1075,6.6427777777778

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.

Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

Asbolane ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*
Minium ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brochantite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Malachite Minium None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	54148	143
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	54150	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	54150	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	54150	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	54150	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	54150	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	54150	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	54150	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54150	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	54150	12537
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	54147	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	54150	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	54148	61156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	54150	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070359	Hachberg, St Avold, Moselle, Grand Est, France	https://rruff.info/R070359

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