Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Engis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 289
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Engis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Engihoul-Antinne
Hermalle-Sous-Huy
La Mallieue

Latitude: 50°34'19"N
Longitude: 5°23'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.571944444444,5.3838888888889

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	Copper	Diaspore	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greigite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Viaeneite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Diaspore Fluorite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

18 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	25280	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	25280	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	25278	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	25278,25280	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	25280	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	25280	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	25278	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	25280	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	25280	7437
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	25280	62
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	25280	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	25280	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	25279,25280	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	25280	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	25279	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	25280	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	25280	21482
Viaeneite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Fe,Pb)₄S₈O	1	25280	2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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