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Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

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Ottrélite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Ottrélite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Ottrélite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Ottrélite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Ottrélite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Ottrélite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Ottrélite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Ottrélite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Classification
Locality type:	Village
Species:	Ottrélite
Formula:	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂
Colour:	pistachio green scales or aggregates at the contact with the quartz vein
Confirmation
Validity:	Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Ottrélite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (14 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	39524
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:39524:5
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Ottrélite

5.3km (3.3 miles)	ⓘ Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
5.6km (3.5 miles)	ⓘ Copper-tellurium mineralization, Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
6.8km (4.2 miles)	ⓘ Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
6.9km (4.3 miles)	ⓘ Vielsalm roadcut, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
17.7km (11.0 miles)	ⓘ Margraff quarry, Recht, Sankt-Vith, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
27.9km (17.4 miles)	ⓘ Sur les Roches quarry, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Dethier, L. (1818) Le guide des curieux qui visitent les eaux de Spa. Liège. von Leonhardt, K. (1821) Handbuch der Oryktognosie, Heidelberg, 518 pages. Haüy, R.J. (1822) Traité de Minéralogie, 2e édition, Paris. Davreux, C. (1833) Essai sur la constitution géognostique de la province de Liège. Mémoire de l'Académie royale de Bruxelles, Mémoire couronné in 4°, 9. Descloizeaux, A., Damour, A. (1842) De l'ottrélite, nouvelle espèce minérale. Annales des Mines, 4eme Serie, Tome II, 357-361. de Limbourg, Ph. (1886-1887) Observations sur le guide des curieux qui visitent les eaux de Spa de L.F. Dethier. Bulletin de la Société des Bibliophiles liégeois, III. *Mélon, J., Bourguignon, P., Fransolet, A.-M. (1976) Les minéraux de Belgique. Editions G. Lelotte, Dison .* *Fransolet, André-Mathieu (1978) Données nouvelles sur l'ottrélite d'Ottré, Belgique. Bulletin de Minéralogie, 101 (5) 548-557 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1978.7226* de Béthune, S., Fransolet, A.-M. (1986) Genèse d'un filon de quartz à Ottré (Massif de Stavelot, Belgique) par métasomatose de phyllades à chloritoïde. Annales de la Société géologique du Nord, CV, 121. *Theye, Thomas, Fransolet, André-Mathieu (1994) Virtually pure ottrelite from the region of Ottré, Belgium. European Journal of Mineralogy, 6 (4) 547-556 doi:10.1127/ejm/6/4/0547* *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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Ottrélite from Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Ottrélite from
Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium