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Fuchsite from
Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Fuchsite
Formula:K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2
Comments:erroneously identified as cupriferous pyrophyllite by e.g. Dewalque (1894)
Habit:lamellae
Colour:greenish (dichroic)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fuchsite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1359903
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1359903:6
GUID (UUID V4):f4abd083-e92c-4ed1-a520-9e164570758c
Localities for Fuchsite in this Region
Ardennite-quartz-veins, Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
Nearest other occurrences of Fuchsite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Ardennite-quartz-veins, Salmchâteau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
66.9km (41.6 miles) La Haie forest, Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
66.9km (41.6 miles) Old quarry, La Haie forest, Bertrix, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium
94.8km (58.9 miles) Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Cr2O3 (0.15 Cr3+ pfu) in a chromian zoisite in a fuchsite-margarite pseudomorph after kyanite from New Zealand...of IA Helle and halles, Venn-Stavelot-Massif, Belgium. Ann Soc Geol Belg 101:227-241 Seki Y (1959) Relation...36:204-226 Challis GA, Grapes RH, Palmer K (1995) Fuchsite, uvarovite, and zincian chromite: products of...of La Helle and Challes, Vann-Stavelot-Massif, Belgium. Ann Soc Géol Belgique 101:277-241 Selverstone...the Lienne Valley manganese deposit, Ardennes, Belgium. Contrib Mineral Petrol 94: 333-342 Scott AK, Scott
 
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