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Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgiumi
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Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Bernissart11,588 (2009)
Mindat Locality ID:
337463
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:337463:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Région wallonne, Belgique
German:
Bernissart, Hennegau, Wallonische Region, Belgien
Italian:
Bernissart, provincia dell'Hainaut, Vallonia, Belgio
Russian:
Берниссар, Эно, Валлония, Бельгия
Simplified Chinese:
柏尼沙赫, 埃諾省, 瓦隆大区, 比利时
Spanish:
Bernissart, Henao, Región Valona, Bélgica
Afrikaans:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Waalse Gewes, België
Aragonese:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Valonia, Belchica
Asturian:
Bernissart, Provincia de Henao, Rexón Valona, Bélxica
Basque:
Bernissart, Hainauteko probintzia, Valonia, Belgika
Bavarian:
Bernissart, Bejgien
Breton:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgia
Bulgarian:
Бернисар, Ено, Валония, Белгия
Catalan:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Valònia, Bèlgica
Cebuano:
Bernissart , Province du Hainaut, Wallonia, Belhika
Corsican:
Bernissart, Belgica
Croatian:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Valonija, Belgija
Czech:
Bernissart, Henegavsko, Valonsko, Belgie
Danish:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Vallonien, Belgien
Dutch:
Bernissart, Henegouwen, Wallonië, België
Dutch Low Saxon:
Bernissart, Hainego, Waalnlaand, België
Esperanto:
Bernissart, Henegovio, Valonio, Belgio
Estonian:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Valloonia, Belgia
Farsi/Persian:
برنیسر, استان انو, والونی, بلژیک
Finnish:
Bernissart, Hainaut'n provinssi, Vallonia, Belgia
Franco-Provençal:
Bernissart, Valonie, Bèlg·ique
Friulian:
Bernissart, Belgjo
Galician:
Bernissart, Provincia de Hainaut, Valonia, Bélxica
Hungarian:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Vallónia, Belgium
Icelandic:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Vallónía, Belgía
Ido:
Bernissart, Belgia
Indonesian:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Walonia, Belgia
Interlingua:
Bernissart, Belgica
Interlingue:
Bernissart
Irish Gaelic:
Bernissart, An Vallúin, An Bheilg
Kongo:
Bernissart, Belezi
Ligurian:
Bernissart, Belgio
Limburgian:
Bernissart, Henegouwe, Wallonië, Belsj
Low Saxon/Low German:
Bernissart, Belgien
Luxembourgish:
Bernissart, Provënz Hainaut, Wallounesch Regioun, Belsch
Malagasy:
Bernissart, Belzika
Malay:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Minangkabau:
Bernissart
Narom:
Bernissart, Belgique
Neapolitan:
Bernissart, Belge
Norwegian:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Vallonia, Belgia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Bernissart, Belgia
Occitan:
Bernissart, Enaut, Valonia, Belgica
Picard:
Bernissart, Hénau, Walonnie, Bergike
Piedmontese:
Bernissart, Belgi
Polish:
Bernissart, Hainaut , Region Waloński, Belgia
Portuguese:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Valônia, Bélgica
Romanian:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Valonia, Belgia
Romansh:
Bernissart, Belgia
Sardinian:
Bernissart, Bèlgiu
Scots:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgium
Scottish Gaelic:
Bernissart, A' Bheilg
Sicilian:
Bernissart, Belgiu
Slovak:
Bernissart, Hennegavsko, Valónsky región, Belgicko
Slovenian:
Bernissart, Valonija, Belgija
Swahili:
Bernissart, Wallonia, Ubelgiji
Swedish:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Vallonien, Belgien
Ukrainian:
Берніссар, Ено, Валлонія, Бельгія
Venetian:
Bernissart, Belgio
Vietnamese:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonie, Bỉ
Volapük:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Belgän
Walloon:
Bernissart, Hinnot, Walonreye, Beldjike
Waray:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belhika
Welsh:
Bernissart, Hainaut, Walonia, Gwlad Belg
West Flemish:
Bernissart, Enegouwn, Wallonië, België
Wolof:
Bernissart, Belsik
Zulu:
Bernissart


Bernissart is both a town and a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. The municipality includes the village of Blaton, formerly an independent municipality.

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Mineral List

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45 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Rock Types Recorded


Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Detailed Mineral List:

'Alkali Feldspar'
Allophane
Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Allophane var. Allophane-evansite
Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Colour: colourless to light brown
Fluorescence: green (UV)
Description: "At Mont des Groseilliers (Blaton), the halloysite contains grainy cores and veinlets of a resinous phosphate and silica-bearing substance. It is made up of glassy, clear, colorless to pale brown grains showing a green fluorescence under UV. Van Tassel (1959) considers the substance to be a mixture of allophane and evansite." (Hatert et al., 2002)
References:
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
Habit: nodules
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Habit: "comb-shaped" aggregates of tabular crystals
Colour: white, yellow, brownish-yellow
References:
Beraunite
Formula: Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
Habit: star-shaped to spherical aggregates and bundles (rarely larger than 1mm diameter) consisting of fibro-radiating flattened prismatic crystals with glassy lustre
Colour: pale brown, reddish-brown to blackish green
Description: Associated with ferristrunzite and/or whitmoreite
References:
Cacoxenite
Formula: Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Habit: spherical or fan-shaped aggregates, sometimes glass-like but most often consisting of radially grown acicular crystals (minute hexagonal prisms) around a usually hollow core
Colour: bright yellow, orange, orange-brown
References:
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Habit: truncated scalenohedra, twins according to (0001)
Colour: white to honey yellow, translucent
Copiapite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Habit: powdery
Colour: yellow
Description: Associated with coquimbite.
Coquimbite
Formula: AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Habit: specks and microcrystals
Colour: colourless, white, grey
Description: A constituent of the efflorescences encrusting the phthanites and carbonaceous shales. Intimately associated with copiapite.
Crandallite
Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Crandallite var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite
Formula: (Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
Delvauxite
Formula: CaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed
Destinezite
Formula: Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
Habit: small kidney-shaped masses
Colour: yellowish
Description: Associated with crandallite.
References:
Diadochite
Formula: Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Epsomite
Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O
Habit: crusts
Colour: white
Evansite
Formula: Al3(PO4)(OH)6 · 6H2O
Colour: colourless to light brown
Fluorescence: green (UV)
Description: "At Mont des Groseilliers (Blaton), the halloysite contains grainy cores and veinlets of a resinous phosphate and silica-bearing substance. It is made up of glassy, clear, colorless to pale brown grains showing a green fluorescence under UV. Van Tassel (1959) considers the substance to be a mixture of allophane and evansite." (Hatert et al., 2002)
'Feldspar Group'
Ferristrunzite (TL)
Formula: Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
Type Locality:
Habit: Radiating sprays of acicular crystals coating shale
Colour: light (yellowish-)brown, ochre, white
References:
Ferroberaunite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O
Ferrostrunzite ?
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
Colour: brown
Description: Refractive indices of nα= 1.635(5) and nγ= 1,725(5)
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Habit: cubes
Colour: yellow
'Glauconite'
Formula: K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Habit: small glass-clear crystals, usually forming rosettes
Description: Associated with crandallite.
Halloysite
Formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · n(H2O)
Halotrichite
Formula: Fe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Jarosite
Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Lepidocrocite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Habit: coatings on black schist
Colour: yellowish
Description: Van Tassel, R. (pers. comm.)
Lithiophorite
Formula: (Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Habit: cuboctahedra
Melanterite ?
Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
References:
Metavoltine
Formula: K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Habit: clumps
Colour: yellow
Description: Associated with copiapite
Minyulite
Formula: KAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O
Habit: fine needles of 60 to 300µm, sometimes in fibroradiating tufts, hemispheres or aggregates
Colour: whitish to honey yellow
References:
Mitridatite
Formula: Ca2Fe3+3(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Habit: spheres up to 40µm made up of acicular crystals on snow-white "strunzite" (ferristrunzite)
Colour: dark greenish-brown
Description: First found in the spring of 1980, identified by R. Van Tassel in March 1982.
Montmorillonite
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Habit: coatings on phthanites
Colour: white
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Muscovite var. Illite
Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Habit: powdery
Colour: yellow
Natrojarosite
Formula: NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Phosphosiderite
Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O
Habit: tiny interconnected hemispheres forming white spots
Colour: white
Description: Always intimately associated with its polymorph strengite
References:
'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Habit: cuboctahedra
Description: Millimetre-sized cuboctahedra on local dumps.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Rockbridgeite
Formula: (Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5
Habit: radially grown bundles consisting of tiny (0.2 to 0.4mm) acicular crystals (in this case orthorhombic prisms with rectangular bases).
References:
Rozenite
Formula: FeSO4 · 4H2O
Description: Associated with halotrichite and copiapite. It is possible - but improbable - that this mineral is a product of post-collecting dehydration.
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Habit: concretions
Strengite
Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O
Habit: spheres and discs with radial structure, sheaf-like aggregates, rarely bigger than 0.2mm
Colour: rarely colourless, usually white
References:
Strunzite
Formula: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
Habit: radiating rosettes
Colour: straw yellow to greyish yellow
Description: Van Tassel (1966) originally described "his" material as being "a strunzite-like material, completely Mn-free and with little or no divalent FeO". However, due to a lack of sufficient data, it was not submitted as a possible new species at the time. Later, Peacor et al. (1987) state that the mineral they name "ferristrunzite" is "essentially the Fe3+ analogue of strunzite and ferrostrunzite", i.e. exactly the same "Mn-free strunzite" as reported by Van Tassel back in 1966. In 1990, when Dillen & Van Goethem described ferristrunzite from Haut-le-Wastia (Dillen, H., Van Goethem, L. (1990) Ferristrunzite. Bulletin van de Belgische Vereniging voor Geologie, 99(3-4), 399), Van Tassel confirmed again that any and all "strunzite" from Blaton he had analysed over the years, had turned out to be recently named ferristrunzite (Rik Dillen, pers. comm.)
Variscite
Formula: AlPO4 · 2H2O
Habit: spheres or kidney-shaped aggregates up to 1mm
Colour: greyish-white
Vivianite
Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Habit: rosettes up to 1cm
Colour: blue
Description: Usually coated or even completely replaced by an unidentified light yellow amorphous iron phosphate
References:
Whitmoreite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O
Habit: (hemi)spherical aggregates up to 1mm consisting of radially grown platy twinned (identifiable by the reentrant angle at the top) crystals around a usually hollow core
Colour: beige, (greenish) brown to golden yellow
Description: First identified in June 1980. Crystals can be distinguished from similar cacoxenite crystals by their high lustre and more platy crystals (cacoxenite shows more acicular crystals with virtually no lustre). Associated with ferristrunzite clusters and/or less frequently with single beraunite crystals.
References:

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Lepidocrocite4.FE.15Fe3+O(OH)
Lithiophorite4.FE.25(Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Jarosite7.BC.10KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6
Natrojarosite7.BC.10NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Rozenite7.CB.15FeSO4 · 4H2O
Melanterite ?7.CB.35Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Epsomite7.CB.40MgSO4 · 7H2O
Coquimbite7.CB.55AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Halotrichite7.CB.85Fe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Copiapite7.DB.35Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Metavoltine7.DF.35K2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Rockbridgeite8.BC.10(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5
Crandallite8.BL.10CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite8.BL.10(Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
Phosphosiderite8.CD.05FePO4 · 2H2O
Strengite8.CD.10FePO4 · 2H2O
Variscite8.CD.10AlPO4 · 2H2O
Vivianite8.CE.40Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Diadochite8.DB.05Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
Destinezite8.DB.05Fe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
Ferroberaunite8.DC.Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O
Whitmoreite8.DC.15Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O
Ferristrunzite (TL)8.DC.25Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
Ferrostrunzite ?8.DC.25Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
Strunzite ?8.DC.25Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
Beraunite8.DC.27Fe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
Cacoxenite8.DC.40Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Evansite8.DF.10Al3(PO4)(OH)6 · 6H2O
Minyulite8.DH.05KAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O
Mitridatite8.DH.30Ca2Fe3+3(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Delvauxite8.DM.35CaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed
Group 9 - Silicates
Muscovite
var. Illite
9.EC.15K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Montmorillonite9.EC.40(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Halloysite9.ED.10Al2Si2O5(OH)4 · n(H2O)
Allophane
var. Allophane-evansite
9.ED.20(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
9.ED.20(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Unclassified
'Alkali Feldspar'-
'Feldspar Group'-
'Glauconite'-K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3A

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Allophane var. Allophane-evansite(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
H Allophane(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
H BerauniteFe63+(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
H CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
H CopiapiteFe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
H CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
H CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
H DelvauxiteCaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed
H DiadochiteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
H EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
H EvansiteAl3(PO4)(OH)6 · 6H2O
H FerristrunziteFe3+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
H FerrostrunziteFe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
H GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H HalloysiteAl2Si2O5(OH)4 · n(H2O)
H HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
H Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
H JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)
H Lithiophorite(Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
H MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
H MinyuliteKAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O
H MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
H NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
H PhosphosideriteFePO4 · 2H2O
H Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe33+(PO4)3(OH)5
H RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
H StrengiteFePO4 · 2H2O
H StrunziteMn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
H VarisciteAlPO4 · 2H2O
H VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
H WhitmoreiteFe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O
H DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
H Crandallite var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite(Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
H FerroberauniteFe2+Fe53+(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O
LiLithium
Li Lithiophorite(Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O Allophane var. Allophane-evansite(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
O Allophane(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
O AragoniteCaCO3
O BaryteBaSO4
O BerauniteFe63+(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
O CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
O CalciteCaCO3
O CopiapiteFe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
O CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
O CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
O DelvauxiteCaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed
O DiadochiteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
O EvansiteAl3(PO4)(OH)6 · 6H2O
O FerristrunziteFe3+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
O FerrostrunziteFe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
O GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HalloysiteAl2Si2O5(OH)4 · n(H2O)
O HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
O Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
O JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)
O Lithiophorite(Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
O MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
O MinyuliteKAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O
O MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
O NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
O PhosphosideriteFePO4 · 2H2O
O QuartzSiO2
O Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe33+(PO4)3(OH)5
O RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
O SideriteFeCO3
O StrengiteFePO4 · 2H2O
O StrunziteMn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
O VarisciteAlPO4 · 2H2O
O VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
O WhitmoreiteFe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O
O DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
O Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
O Crandallite var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite(Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
O FerroberauniteFe2+Fe53+(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
F MinyuliteKAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O
NaSodium
Na MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Na Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Na NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Na Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
Mg GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Mg Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
AlAluminium
Al Allophane var. Allophane-evansite(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Al Allophane(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Al CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Al CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Al CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Al EvansiteAl3(PO4)(OH)6 · 6H2O
Al GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Al HalloysiteAl2Si2O5(OH)4 · n(H2O)
Al HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Al Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al Lithiophorite(Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
Al MinyuliteKAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Al VarisciteAlPO4 · 2H2O
Al Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Al Crandallite var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite(Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
SiSilicon
Si Allophane var. Allophane-evansite(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Si Allophane(Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O
Si GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Si HalloysiteAl2Si2O5(OH)4 · n(H2O)
Si Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
PPhosphorus
P BerauniteFe63+(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
P CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
P CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
P DelvauxiteCaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed
P DiadochiteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
P EvansiteAl3(PO4)(OH)6 · 6H2O
P FerristrunziteFe3+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
P FerrostrunziteFe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
P MinyuliteKAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O
P MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
P PhosphosideriteFePO4 · 2H2O
P Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe33+(PO4)3(OH)5
P StrengiteFePO4 · 2H2O
P StrunziteMn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
P VarisciteAlPO4 · 2H2O
P VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
P WhitmoreiteFe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O
P DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
P Crandallite var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite(Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
P FerroberauniteFe2+Fe53+(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S CopiapiteFe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
S CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
S DelvauxiteCaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed
S DiadochiteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
S EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
S JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
S MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
S NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
S PyriteFeS2
S RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
S DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
KPotassium
K GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
K Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
K JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
K MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
K MinyuliteKAl2(PO4)2F · 4H2O
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Ca DelvauxiteCaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Ca Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Ca Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Ca Crandallite var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite(Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
MnManganese
Mn Lithiophorite(Al,Li)MnO2(OH)2
Mn StrunziteMn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
FeIron
Fe BerauniteFe63+(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O
Fe CacoxeniteFe243+AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O
Fe CopiapiteFe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O
Fe CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Fe DelvauxiteCaFe4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 · 4-6H2O not confirmed
Fe DiadochiteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
Fe FerristrunziteFe3+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
Fe FerrostrunziteFe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
Fe GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Fe HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Fe JarositeKFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6
Fe LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Fe MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe63+O2(SO4)12 · 18H2O
Fe MitridatiteCa2Fe33+(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O
Fe NatrojarositeNaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Fe PhosphosideriteFePO4 · 2H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe33+(PO4)3(OH)5
Fe RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
Fe SideriteFeCO3
Fe StrengiteFePO4 · 2H2O
Fe StrunziteMn2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
Fe VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Fe WhitmoreiteFe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 4H2O
Fe DestineziteFe23+(PO4)(SO4)(OH) · 6H2O
Fe FerroberauniteFe2+Fe53+(PO4)4(OH)5 · 6H2O
CuCopper
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
SrStrontium
Sr Crandallite var. Strontium-bearing Crandallite(Ca,Sr)Al3(PO4)2(OH)5 · H2O
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed315 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed318 Ma (Carboniferous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Brachypyge carbonis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Anthracomartidae : Brachypyge : Brachypyge carbonis318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernissart
Wikidata ID:Q95112
GeoNames ID:2802136

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