| Locality type: | Slag Locality |
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| Species: | Langite |
| Formula: | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O |
| Formation: | Post-mining/Anthropogenic |
| Comments: | As long-prismatic, bright blue, opaque, pseudo-tetragonal crystals up to 1mm; as pseudomorphs after zincite, encrusted in zincaluminite, serpierite or woodwardite. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Serpierite | ⓘ1 photo of Langite associated with Serpierite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Langite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Genna zinc smelter slag locality, Helmke quarry nature reserve, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 76085 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:76085:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8fb43376-fcdc-46a8-b553-bd71c7133022 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Langite |
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| 40.8km (25.4 miles) | ⓘRohdenhaus Quarry (incl. Krieger Quarry), Rohdenhaus, Wülfrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 42.6km (26.5 miles) | ⓘPrangenhaus quarry, Wülfrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 46.4km (28.8 miles) | ⓘCastor Mine, Loope, Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 46.7km (29.0 miles) | ⓘMercur Mine (Merkur Mine), Silberg, Kirchhundem, Olpe, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 47.9km (29.8 miles) | ⓘSilberkaule Mine, Heckhaus, Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 50.5km (31.4 miles) | ⓘWildermann Mine, Müsen, Hilchenbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 54.7km (34.0 miles) | ⓘBastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 54.8km (34.1 miles) | ⓘRamsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 56.2km (34.9 miles) | ⓘLeibnitz-Dante Mine, Hoffnungsthal, Rösrath, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 57.7km (35.8 miles) | ⓘDörnberg Mine, Olsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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