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Vierves-sur-Viroin, Viroinval, Namur, Wallonia, Belgiumi
Regional Level Types
Vierves-sur-ViroinSub-municipality
ViroinvalMunicipality
NamurProvince
WalloniaRegion
BelgiumCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
317
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:317:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Dutch:
Vierves-sur-Viroin, Viroinval, Namen, Wallonië, België
French:
Vierves-sur-Viroin, Viroinval, Province de Namur, Région wallonne, Belgique
Walloon:
Viêpe, Virwinvå, Province di Nameur, Walonreye, Beldjike
Catalan:
Vierves-sur-Viroin, Viroinval, Província de Namur, Valònia, Bèlgica
Irish Gaelic:
Vierves-sur-Viroin, An Vallúin, An Bheilg
Polish:
Vierves-sur-Viroin, Viroinval, Namur, Region Waloński, Belgia


Vierves-sur-Viroin (usually shortened to Vierves) is a village in and a sub-municipality of the municipality of Viroinval.

The south border of Dinant synclinorium.

Mesodevonian (Givetian-Frasnian) carbonate series.

Mineralization in NS fractures.

Deposition due to fracture reopening and pressure fall (general distension).

The coordinates are set to the town centre.

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10 valid minerals.

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Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Habit: rectangular {001}{101}{011} crystals, elongated according to the [010] axis, sometimes modified by {210}, {102}, {201}, {111}, {010} and {211} (Cesàro, 1897; Buttgenbach, 1918); {130}, {205} and {304} (Amelinckx, 1951)
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Habit: prisms topped by a pyramid formed by the combined faces of the rhombohedron and the scalenohedron (Buttgenbach, 1920)
Colour: colourless
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Rhodochrosite
Formula: MnCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Rhodochrosite5.AB.05MnCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C RhodochrositeMnCO3
OOxygen
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O RhodochrositeMnCO3
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S MarcasiteFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
MnManganese
Mn RhodochrositeMnCO3
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vierves-sur-Viroin
Wikidata ID:Q2571177

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