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Belgium

Belgium is subdivided into three official regions: the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. The first two regions are each subdivided into five provinces.

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Belgium, Calcite paradise by Harjo Neutkens


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Akaganeite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allophane
var: Allophane-evansite
Almandine
Altaite
Alunogen
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
var: Viridine
'Andalusite-Kanonaite Series'
Anglesite
Ankerite
'Antozonite'
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Ardennite-(As) (TL)
Ardennite-(V)
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenocrandallite
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)
Arsenogorceixite
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Aurichalcite
Autunite
'Axinite'
Azurite
Balkanite ?
Balyakinite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
'Bastonite'
Bazhenovite
Beraunite
Beryl
Beudantite
Biotite
'Bitumen'
Bogdanovite ?
Bornite
Brannerite
Braunite
Brochantite
Brookite
Cacoxenite
'Calamine'
Calcioancylite-(Ce)
Calcite
var: Ferroan Calcite
Caledonite
Carminite
Carpholite
Cassiterite
Celestine
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Chenite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Cobaltite
Connellite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Corkite
Covellite
Crandallite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Danielsite ?
Davreuxite (TL)
Dawsonite
Delafossite
Delvauxite (TL)
Denningite ?
Destinezite (TL)
Devilline
Diadochite
Dickite
Digenite
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Drugmanite (TL)
Dundasite
Dypingite
Elyite
Epidote
Epsomite
Ettringite
Euclase
Evansite
Faustite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferristrunzite (TL)
Ferrostrunzite ?
'Flint'
'Florencite'
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluellite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fraipontite (TL)
Gahnite
Galena
var: Strickblende
'Garnet'
Gersdorffite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gold
var: Palladian Gold
Gonnardite
Goslarite
Graemite
Graphite
Graulichite-(Ce) (TL)
Greenockite
Greigite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Haidingerite
Halite
Halloysite
Halloysite-10Å (TL)
Halloysite-7Å (TL)
Halotrichite
Hawleyite
Hematite
var: Martite
Hemimorphite
Hessite
Hibonite
Hidalgoite
Hollandite
Hopeite (TL)
'Hornblende'
Hydromagnesite
Hydrozincite
Ice
Idaite
Illite
Ilmenite
Jarosite
Kaňkite
Kanonaite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kintoreite
Koninckite (TL)
Ktenasite ?
Kutnohorite
Lanarkite
Langite
Laumontite
Lead
Leadhillite
Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite

Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucoxene
Libethenite
Limonite
Linarite
Litharge
Lithiophorite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Mansfieldite
Marcasite
Melanterite
'Melnikovite'
Melonite
var: Palladian Melonite
Metatorbernite
Metavoltine
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Minyulite
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Montroydite ?
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nahcolite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Nickeline
Nsutite
Olivenite
Orthoclase
Ottrélite (TL)
Paragonite
Paratellurite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Philipsbornite
'Phillipsite'
Phosphosiderite
'Pisolite'
Plumbogummite
Portlandite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
Pseudomalachite
Pumpellyite-(Al) (TL)
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
'Pyrobitumen'
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
Quartz
var: Rock Crystal

var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Realgar ?
Rhabdophane-(Ce)
Rhodochrosite
Richellite (TL)
Rockbridgeite
Rosasite
Rozenite
Rutile
var: Sagenite (of Saussure)
Salammoniac
Sauconite
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
'Schalenblende'
Scheelite
Scholzite
Schulenbergite
Scorodite
Selenium
Serpierite
Siderite
var: Zincian Siderite
Sideronatrite
Siegenite
Silver
Simonkolleite ?
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stavelotite-(La) (TL)
Stilbite-Ca
Strengite
Strontiomelane
Strunzite
Sudoite
Sulphur
Sursassite
Teineite
Tellurobismuthite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Tiemannite
Titanite
Torbernite
Tosudite
var: Alushtite

var: Lithium Tosudite
'Tourmaline'
Turquoise
Uraninite
Uranosphaerite
Vantasselite (TL)
Variscite
Vashegyite
Viaeneite (TL)
Violarite
Viséite
Vivianite
Voltaite
'Wad'
Wardite
Wavellite
Weilite
Whitmoreite
Willemite (TL)
Wittichenite
Woodhouseite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zemannite ?
Zeunerite
Zinc
Zincite
Zircon
Zoisite


370 entries listed. 267 valid minerals. 18 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

Localities in this Region

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References

- André, L., Hertogen, J., and Deutsch, S. (1986) Ordovician-Silurian magmatic provinces in Belgium and the Caledonian orogeny in middle Europe. Geology: 14: 879-882.
- Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M. & van der Meersche, E. (2002): Les minéraux de Belgique. 2ème édition, Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles, Ed., 304 p.
- Van der Meersche, E., De Paepe, P. and Stoops, G. (2010): Minerals with belgian roots - From hopeite (1824) to tazieffite (2009). Academia Press, Ghent, Belgium, 231 pp.


External Links

Mindat Best-Minerals articles:
Quartz from Belgium, Calcite from Belgium, Fluorite from Belgium, Baryte from Belgium

- http://www.naturalsciences.be/geology/ [Geological Survey of Belgium]
- http://membres.lycos.fr/minbe/ Michel Blondieau
- http://perso.infonie.be/jose.dehove/ Jose Dehove
- http://www.passion-chantier.org/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=7 Quarry forum
- http://users.skynet.be/belgafossmine/ Marc Henrotin
- http://www.calcite.be/home.html [Link dead. Feb 2012] Calcites, Jean-Marc Jonville
- http://users.skynet.be/rik.dillen/ Rik Dillen
- http://www.artistones1.be/ Jacques Evlard
- http://www.hona.be/artikels/mineralen.htm Hona club site, Erik Vercammen
- http://www.quatrem.be/ 4M Montignies-le-Tilleul
- http://www.agab.be/ Agab
- http://acam.be/ Acam
- http://users.skynet.be/BEAMM-Desk/ Beamm-Desk
- http://www.cmpb.net/ CMPB Bruxelles
- http://home.scarlet.be/~tsc87009/ CGH
- http://www.escargotite.be/ l'Escargotite Namur
- http://www.champ-hannut.be/ Champ
- http://www.geolithos.be/ Geolithos Hasselt
- http://www.lithos-harelbeke.org/ Lithos Harelbeke
- http://www.minerant.org/about.html MKA Antwerpen
- http://www.nautilusgent.be/ Nautilus Gent
- http://www.strahlen.org/vp/locsbe.htm [Link dead. Feb 2012] Strahlen.org

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