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Hemiksem, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgiumi
Regional Level Types
HemiksemMunicipality
AntwerpProvince
FlandersRegion
BelgiumCountry

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Locality type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Hemiksem9,504 (2011)
Other Languages:
Dutch:
Hemiksem, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
French:
Hemiksem, Province d'Anvers, Flandre, Belgique
German:
Hemiksem, Provinz Antwerpen, Belgien
Italian:
Hemiksem, Provincia di Anversa, Fiandre, Belgio
Simplified Chinese:
海米克瑟姆, 安特衛普省, 法兰德斯, 比利时
Spanish:
Hemiksem, Provincia de Amberes, Flandes, Bélgica
Basque:
Hemiksem, Anberesko probintzia, Flandria, Belgika
Breton:
Hemiksem, Antwerpen, Flandrez, Belgia
Bulgarian:
Хемиксем, Антверпен, Фландрия, Белгия
Catalan:
Hemiksem, Província d'Anvers, Flandes, Bèlgica
Cebuano:
Hemiksem, Provincie Antwerpen, Belhika
Esperanto:
Hemiksem, Antverpeno, Flandrio, Belgio
Estonian:
Hemiksem, Antwerpeni provints, Belgia
Farsi/Persian:
امیکسم, استان آنتورپ, فلاندر, بلژیک
Hungarian:
Hemiksem, Antwerpen, Flandria, Belgium
Lithuanian:
Hemiksemas, Antverpeno provincija, Belgija
Luxembourgish:
Hemiksem, Provënz Antwerpen, Flandern, Belsch
Norwegian:
Hemiksem, Antwerpen, Flandern, Belgia
Occitan:
Hemiksem, Província d'Anvèrs, Flandra, Belgica
Portuguese:
Hemiksem, Antuérpia, Flandres, Bélgica
Romanian:
Hemiksem, Anvers, Flandra, Belgia
Slovak:
Hemiksem, Antverpy, Belgicko
Swedish:
Hemiksem, Antwerpen, Flandern, Belgien
Vietnamese:
Hemiksem, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, Bỉ
Volapük:
Hemiksem, Antwerpen, Belgän
Waray:
Hemiksem, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, Belhika


Hemiksem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

Mineralisation in a sandbank covering Rupelian clay containing fossil bones.

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2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Habit: microcrystalline crusts coating vivianite nodules
Reference: Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique. 2ème édition, Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, 304 pages (in French).
Vivianite
Formula: Fe2+3(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Habit: nodules (sometimes interconnected and covered by microcrystalline quartz) of up to 2cm with radial internal structures, crystals showing {110} and {010}
Colour: originally light green, turns blue after exposure to air
Reference: Buttgenbach, H. (1947) Les Minéraux de Belgique et du Congo belge. Dunod, Paris, 573 pages.; Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique. 2ème édition, Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, 304 pages (in French).

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Vivianite8.CE.40Fe2+3(PO4)2 · 8H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H VivianiteFe32+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
OOxygen
O VivianiteFe32+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P VivianiteFe32+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
FeIron
Fe VivianiteFe32+(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Fossils

There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed11.6 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed16.0 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Sables d'Anvers211.62 - 5.333 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Dugongidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sirenia : Dugongidae15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Choneziphius planirostris
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Ziphiidae : Choneziphius : Choneziphius planirostris15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

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Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique. 2ème édition, Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles, Belgium, 304 pages (in French).

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiksem
Wikidata ID:Q724448
GeoNames ID:2796086

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