| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Comments: | superb crystals up to 25 cm of a nice honey colour. |
| Colour: | Yellow, brown, colourless, white, amber |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Pyrite | ⓘ18 photos of Calcite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Fluorite | ⓘ12 photos of Calcite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Aragonite | ⓘ4 photos of Calcite associated with Aragonite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ3 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Limonite | ⓘ2 photos of Calcite associated with Limonite at this locality. |
| Baryte | ⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Baryte at this locality. |
| Goethite | ⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Goethite at this locality. |
| Dolomite | ⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Dolomite at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (71 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 39716 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:39716:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | a57e3a08-13b8-498b-98b8-47fc46686a65 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘHC Aggregates Belgium, Monceau-sur-Sambre, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘLa Sambre quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘLandelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 5.1km (3.1 miles) | ⓘPays de Liège colliery, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 6.3km (3.9 miles) | ⓘSolvay quarry, Couillet, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 9.0km (5.6 miles) | ⓘBouffioulx, Châtelet, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 9.5km (5.9 miles) | ⓘTerril de la cokerie slag locality, Anderlues, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 9.9km (6.2 miles) | ⓘChâtelineau, Châtelet, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 11.6km (7.2 miles) | ⓘCarnières, Morlanwelz, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 13.9km (8.6 miles) | ⓘLaneffe, Walcourt, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | 14 tot 18 h een kortingverkoop van mineralen van Mont-Saint-Hilaire en Saint-Clothilde, Québec, en van...2002 geo-nieuws kort Le règne minéral : Mont-sur-Marchienne (1) We willen deze maand Le Règne Minéral...uitgebreid artikel bevat over de calcieten van Mont-sur-Marchienne, Henegouwen, België. Het artikel werd geschreven...Luikse zustervereniging). De groeve van Mont-sur-Marchienne is wereldberoemd omwille van de prachtige...schaal de morfologie van de calcieten van Mont-sur-Marchienne beschreven wordt aan de hand van vele tientallen |  | | Journal (issue) | | Zaterdag 19 oktober 199 6 We gaan in de omgeving van Charleroi zoeken naar calciet, dolomiet, pyriet, bariet...MKA leden, hadden de files op de snelweg Namur-Charleroi getrotseerd om dit evenement niet t e missen ...1995 16 sep 1995 14 okt 1995 Longvill y Mont-sur-Marchienne en Landelies Geologische wandeling in de...mineralen . J . Maerten s Quenast, A . Pieter s Mont-sur-Marchienne, J . Maerten s Lengenbach en Jas-Roux, H...TOURNEFEUILLE (31) . Gymnase J . Gay . Beurs (M-F) . CHALON-SUR-SAONE (71) . Salie du Boulodrome (bij Parc des Expositions) |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1996 geo-nieuws kort x Nieuwe huisreqels voor Mont-sur-Marchienn e Vanaf dit jaar wordt geen globale...toelating . ondertekend voor akkoord, terugsture n naar Gralex, die daar moet toekomen voor de donderdag voorafgaand...adre s Monsieur J . EVLARD, GRALEX S .A ., rue Pont-à-Nale, 181 . B-6032 Mont-surMarchienne . U kan deze...gunst is, géé n recht ! Dank zij al de moeite die GRALEX, en met name de heer Evlard zich getroos t kunnen...habitussen van Rhisnes, Landelies, Mettet, Mont-sur-Marchienne e n Florennes te tonen . Naar het oordeel |  | | Journal (issue) | | gouden jubileum : goud op matrix van de carrière "Sur les roches", Bastogne, Luxemburg, BE. Beeldbreedte...Overzicht Belgische mineralen Calciet Mont-sur-Marchienne (B) Calciet Landelies (B) Mineralen van...TIJDSCHRIFT 44(1), 01.13 4 Jeanbandyiet, Hingston Down Quarry, Chilsworthy, Gunnislake, Cornwall, UK 5-15 Sepioliet...vergessene Steinbrüche in Sizilien 36-38 Interessante Calcite aus einer Schachthöhle im Toten Gebirge, Steieremark...system. www.bruker-axs.com/d2phaser.html BRUKER BELGIUM s.a./n.v. bruker@bruker.be WWW.BRUKER.COM Tel: |  | | Journal (issue) | | Plombières, Sclaigneaux, Bihain, Vielsalm, Mont sur Marchienne, enz. Het belooft weerom een mooie en gezellige...calciet klaargelegd voor de verzamelaars in de groeve Gralex in Beez, Namur, België. Foto Albert vercammen ...manganokhomyakovite, two new members of the eudialyte group from Mont Saint-Hilaire, quebec, Canada 911-914 Caparsite...Goldnuggets der Gegend von Disentis (GR) 594-600 La calcite cobaltifère d'Isérables (VS) * LE REGNE MINERAL...geochemistry of the travertine deposit at Treignes (S. Belgium) * DER AUFSCHLUSS 51(1), 02.00 Themanummer : |  | | Journal (issue) | | istrict COVER: FLUORITE crystal group, 13 cm, w ith calcite from the Minerva No. 1 mine, near Cave in Rock...many of the finest coppers, silvers and copper-in-calcite specimens known. (For more information on the museum...beautiful specimens o f malachite, cuprite, cobaltoan calcite and cuprosklodowskite ever seen. More recently...fluorite pockets were essentially free o f calcite, while calcite rarely contained more than 10% fluorite...Most ore occurs in the footwall, with deposits of calcite and brown fluorite, and replacement of limestone |  | | Report (Issue volume) | | AIDA E TEESE КАНЫНА lc. огаш хы мыш oe 2 7 15 Belgium-Luxembourg ......... 35 Bulgara ur cusa ard atta...regional area, however, Western Europe includes the (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Denmark/Greenland,...bimonthly. Sulphur, bimonthly. Eurostat, Brussels, Belgium: Metalli Non Ferrosi Statistiche 1990. Organisation...Economy Countries: European Community (EC) 9,416 Belgium Denmark/Greenland France Germany, Federal Republic...Market Economy Countries: European Community (EC) Belgium Denmark/Greenland France Germany, Federal Republic |
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Gralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium