| Locality type: | Slag Locality |
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| Species: | Linarite |
| Formula: | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
| Formation: | Post-mining/Anthropogenic |
| Comments: | Azure blue, long-prismatic, translucent, crystals with glassy lustre up to 1.5mm associated with serpierite and an as yet unidentified white platy carbonate mineral. |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Brochantite | ⓘ1 photo of Linarite associated with Brochantite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Linarite 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 |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 76083 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:76083:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e4c6750e-d2ca-46d5-a808-fcd457525e10 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Linarite |
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| 12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘBecke-Oese quarry, Hemer, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 27.6km (17.2 miles) | ⓘ"An der Seilbahn" slag locality, Hüsten, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 28.0km (17.4 miles) | ⓘChurfürst Ernst Mine, Bönkhausen, Sundern, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 37.0km (23.0 miles) | ⓘHohmannsburg Mine (Clemens adit), Neviges, Velbert, Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| 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 |
| 45.3km (28.2 miles) | ⓘVictoria Mine, Littfeld, Kreuztal, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, 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 |
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Genna zinc smelter slag locality, Helmke quarry nature reserve, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany