Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

mindat Locality ID: 29954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limburg, Flanders, Belgium": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
's-Gravenvoeren
As
Beringen
Dilsen-Stokkem
Genk
Houthalen
Loksbergen
Maaseik
Maasmechelen
Riemst
Tongeren
Waterschei
Zolder
Zonhoven
Zutendaal

Latitude: 50°57'58"N
Longitude: 5°30'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.966111111111,5.5066666666667

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite
Copper	Corundum	Devilline	Diaspore	Ettringite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Elyite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Willemite ()*
Zinc ()*	Zincite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg N Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite
Copper Corundum Devilline Diaspore Ettringite Gypsum Kaolinite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Sulphur Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	25148	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	25135	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	25135,25137	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	25137	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	25137	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	25135	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	25132,25135,25137,25139	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	25135	4979
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	25135	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	25132,25137,25139,25148	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	25135	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	25135	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	25135	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	25135	366
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	25137,25139	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	25137,25139,25148	9895
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	25135	85
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	25135	93
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	25137	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	25135,25167	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	25135,25142,25148,25161	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	25135	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	25135	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	25135	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	25135	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	25135	265
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	1	25168	62
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	25135	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	25135,25137	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	25137	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	25137,25139	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	25137,25154	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	25135	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	25132,25137,25154,25155,25156,25159	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	25148	105
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	25135	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	25135	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	25137	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	1	25137	73
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	25137	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	25135	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	25135	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	25132,25137	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	25148	2045
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	25135	303
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	1	25135	52
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1	25135	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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