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Locality Name:
Vein No. 3 (Le Bas Hérival), Les Roches Valley Area (Bois De La Vèche Area), Faymont, Val-d'Ajol, Vosges, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 54695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vein No. 3 (Le Bas Hérival), Les Roches Valley Area (Bois De La Vèche Area), Faymont, Val-d'Ajol, Vosges, Grand Est, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°58'0"N
Longitude: 6°31'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.966666666667,6.5316666666667

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteAtelestiteAutuniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteFluoriteKaolinite
MalachiteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTetrahedriteTyrolite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Atelestite  (*)Auriacusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Langite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Mixite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O043
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)047
Auriacusite  (*)AndalusiteFe3+Cu2+(AsO4)O06
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O0150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2096
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)30127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS20246
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3072
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F046
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O0182
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O0105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O090
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O084
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185



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