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Pyrrhotite from
Hourt quarry, Grand-Halleux, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hourt quarry, Grand-Halleux, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:78473
Long-form Identifier:1:3:78473:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘGrand-Halleux borehole, Grand-Halleux, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘThier des Carrières, Cahay, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘLa Vaux, Lierneux, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘChalles, Stavelot, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘHerzogenhügel, Ternell, Eupen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
35.3km (22.0 miles) ⓘSur les Roches quarry, Bastogne, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘLammersdorf, Simmerath, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
48.3km (30.0 miles) ⓘBleyberg zinc and lead smelter slag locality, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
51.1km (31.7 miles) ⓘHozémont, Horion-Hozémont, Grâce-Hollogne, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
51.9km (32.3 miles) ⓘKalem, Birresborn, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Lefèvre, P., Hatert, F. (2003) Or natif, arsénopyrite et minéraux secondaires dans les quartzites devilliens de Hourt, Massif de Stavelot, Belgique. Geologica Belgica, 6/3-4, 193-200.
Dillen, R., Dehove, J., Detaille, J. (2004) Graulichiet-Ce), een nieuw mineraal ontdekt in België [Graulichiet-Ce), a new mineral discovered in Belgium]. Geonieuws, 29 (06) 134-148
Dehove, J., Hubert, F. (2006) Nouvelles découvertes à Hourt. Magazine du 4M, 27(263), 9-11.
 
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