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Hetaerolite from
Moresnet, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Sub-municipality
Classification
Species:Hetaerolite
Formula:ZnMn2O4
Comments:Misinterpretation of the reference, the authors are implying the Moresnet mining district, not the village itself.

Cannot be distinguished from hydrohetaerolite when only XRD is used (Mélon et al., 1976 and Hatert et al., 2002).
Habit:more or less rounded masses (Fransolet & Mélon, 1975)
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hetaerolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moresnet, Plombières, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:888333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:888333:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hetaerolite
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘErlenbach mine, Lontzen, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
47.5km (29.5 miles) ⓘMechernicher Bleiberg, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
References
Fransolet, A.-M., Mélon, J. (1975) Données nouvelles sur des minéraux de Belgique. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 44, 157.
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.
Dobrev, S., Vassileva, M., Kolkovski, B. (2004) Hetaerolite from Madjarovo Au-base-metal deposit, Eastern Rhodopes. Annual Scientific Conference of the Bulgarian Geological Society "Geology 2004", 16-17.
 
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