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

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Davreuxite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Davreuxite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Davreuxite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Davreuxite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Davreuxite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Davreuxite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Davreuxite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Davreuxite

Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

Classification
Locality type:	Village
Species:	Davreuxite
Formula:	MnAl₆Si₄O₁₇(OH)₂
Habit:	fibrous
Colour:	creamy white to light pink
Confirmation
Validity:	Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chlorite Group	1
Quartz	1
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Davreuxite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	4377
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:4377:9
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Davreuxite

3.5km (2.1 miles)	ⓘ Regné, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
5.3km (3.3 miles)	ⓘ Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
5.9km (3.7 miles)	ⓘ Coticule mines (east), Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
6.8km (4.2 miles)	ⓘ Thier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
References
de Koninck, L.L. (1878) Sur la davreuxite, espèce nouvelle recueillie dans les filons de quartz du terrain ardennais. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique, Série II, 46(8), 240-245. Lacroix, A. (1886) Propriétés optiques de quelques minéraux (wavellite, variscite, planérite et davreuxite). Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie, 9, 4. de Rauw, H. (1911) Note sur la salmite, le rutile et la tourmaline d'Ottré. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique, 38, B209. Fransolet, A.-M., Bourguignon, P. (1976) Précisions minéralogiques sur la davreuxite. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, 283D, 295. *Mélon, J., Bourguignon, P., Fransolet, A.-M. (1976) Les minéraux de Belgique. Editions G. Lelotte, Dison .* *Fransolet, Andre-Mathieu, Abraham, Kurt, Sahl, Kurt (1984) Davreuxite: a reinvestigation. American Mineralogist, 69 (7-8) 777-782* *Sahl, Kurt, Jones, Peter G., Sheldrick, George M. (1984) The crystal structure of davreuxite, MnAl6Si4O17(OH)2. American Mineralogist, 69 (7-8) 783-787* *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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Davreuxite from Ottré, Bihain, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium

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