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


mindat Locality ID: 29192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rotem Slag Locality, Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°2'58"N
Longitude: 5°41'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.049444444444,5.6961111111111
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

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)02734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O085
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O093
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303
Zinc  (*)NoneZn052
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO098


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