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Recht, Sankt-Vith, Liège Province, Belgium

Pyrophyllite
Recht, Sankt-Vith, Liège Province, Belgium

Photo: JDehove
Latitude: 50°19'21"N
Longitude: 6°3'23"E
1/ Old underground ordovician slate quarry reopened (2 entries) and open quarries. Situated 2 Km SE from the center of the locality. Entrance of the "Recht schieferstollen" lower level used as reference on the map page. Further south, in the woods, are the entrance of the closed and now protected Margraff quarry and the open pits.
2/ "Am Stein" old quarry situated 1.5 Km East from the center of the locality, known for red stained andalusite prisms.
3/ Old quarry west of locality, in Buchel near Rechterbach known for biotite + quartz veins

External Links

http://www.schieferstollen-recht.be

http://environnement.wallonie.be/publi/dnf/ardoisiere/Fiches%20sites/H_Fiches_Vielsalm.pdf

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Anatase
Andalusite
Biotite
Cassiterite
'Chlorite Group'
Davreuxite
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
'Garnet'
Gold
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Magnetite
Muscovite
Paragonite
Pyrite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz
Rutile
'Tourmaline'
Zircon


23 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Belgium

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