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Anglesite from
Le Rocheux mine, Oneux, Theux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


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Anglesite

Le Rocheux mine, Oneux, Theux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Anglesite

Le Rocheux mine, Oneux, Theux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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Anglesite

Le Rocheux mine, Oneux, Theux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Anglesite
Formula:PbSO4
Habit:concretionary masses enveloping galena (Firket, 1881) showing small {210}{100}{212}{101} crystals (Cesàro, 1897)
Colour:greyish
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anglesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Le Rocheux mine, Oneux, Theux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:686
Long-form Identifier:1:3:686:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Anglesite
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘOneux, Theux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘOneux mines, Oneux, Theux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘSaint-Paul mine, Welkenraedt, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
19.4km (12.0 miles) ⓘRabotrath mine, Walhorn, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
19.4km (12.1 miles) ⓘErlenbach mine, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘBleyberg mine, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘBleyberg zinc and lead smelter slag locality, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
30.3km (18.8 miles) ⓘThier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
32.1km (20.0 miles) ⓘLa Mallieue, Engis, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
36.1km (22.4 miles) ⓘBreinigerberg Mine, Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
References
Firket, A. (1881) Note sur un échantillon d'anglésite et sur des cristaux de cérusite. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique, 9, XCVII.
Cesàro, G. (1897) Description des minéraux phosphatés, carbonatés et sulfatés du sol belge. Mémoires de l'Académie royale de Belgique, in 4°, 53, 136 pages.
Mélon, J., Bourguignon, P., Fransolet, A.-M. (1976) Les minéraux de Belgique. Editions G. Lelotte, Dison .
Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique (2nd ed.) Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles.
 
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