| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Epidote |
| Formula: | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Habit: | thin needles |
| Colour: | green |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Oligoclase | ⓘ16 photos of Epidote associated with Oligoclase at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ8 photos of Epidote associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ7 photos of Epidote associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Orthoclase | ⓘ2 photos of Epidote associated with Orthoclase at this locality. |
| Chalcopyrite | ⓘ2 photos of Epidote associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
| Smoky Quartz | ⓘ2 photos of Epidote associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | ⓘ1 photo of Epidote associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Epidote data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Porphyry quarries, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (33 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 4935 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:4935:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | a1206710-a9e7-48de-9876-80e111d1821a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Epidote |
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| 4.7km (2.9 miles) | ⓘPorphyry quarry, Bierghes, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 21.0km (13.1 miles) | ⓘErmitage quarry, Deux-Acren, Lessines, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 21.3km (13.3 miles) | ⓘStrépy-Bracquegnies, La Louvière, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 21.7km (13.5 miles) | ⓘCUP quarry, Lessines, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 36.6km (22.7 miles) | ⓘNil-Saint-Vincent-Saint-Martin, Walhain, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 44.5km (27.7 miles) | ⓘMontignies-sur-Roc, Honnelles, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 66.8km (41.5 miles) | ⓘGrand-Pré, Courrière, Assesse, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | by J. Grandjean Faden quartz from Bierghes, Brabant, Belgium ...................................... 441...restricted, as in many other active stone aggregate quarries. County Road 178 borders the north side of the...photography. 437 Faden Quartz From Bierghes, Brabant, Belgium Harjo Neutkens1 Stijn Claeys2 Tom Costes3...The finest faden quartz specimens ever found in Belgium, rivaling the best from any classic locality worldwide...worldwide, have been collected at a porphyry quarry near the town of Bierghes. Beautiful quartz specimens |  | Makovicky, Emil, Frei, Robert, Karup-Møller, Sven, Bailey, John C. (2016) Imperial Porphyry from Gebel Abu Dokhan, the Red Sea Mountains, Egypt Part I. Mineralogy, petrology and occurrence. Neues Jahrbuch f??r Mineralogie - Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geoche, 193 (1) 1-27 doi:10.1127/njma/2015/0289 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | published in print January 2016 Article Imperial Porphyry from Gebel Abu Dokhan, the Red Sea Mountains,...Imperial Porphyry was quarried from Mons Porphyrites in the Red Sea Mountains of Egypt. The porphyry, reserved...of the porphyry stems from alteration of phenocrysts and groundmass which generated Mn-epidote or piemontite...mixture of sodium feldspar with segregations of epidote group minerals, K-feldspar, and minor anorthite...primary morphology but is completely altered to epidote group minerals. Primary hornblende lies along the |  | | Book | | the wadis under low sunlight. Associated to the quarries hereafter referred to as wadiworkings are heaps...the tool marks, which in analogy to the stone quarries of this period display more elongated shapes compared...Eastern Desert visibly on the well-evidenced stone quarries at Mons Claudius, Mons Porphyrites, Wadi Semna...al. 2008). Even along the routes to the stone quarries though, gold extraction was discontinued at several...that among others contain deposits of “imperial porphyry” (Porfido rosso antico). 3 On the Regional |  | | Journal (volume) | | also a crystal of garnet envelopes pistacio-green epidote (pistazite), wliich in its turn envelopes the...and argillaceous limestones, with clay-stones, porphyry-tuffs, and porphyries form the mass of the Upper...be iiubieed to hjok beyond their own dear dusty quarries at the social scenes and antiquarian relics that...of Mines it appears also to be a rare shell in Belgium. Bli.? nana and Wi. semisulcata are by far too...equivalent of the celebrated locality of Vise, in Belgium. P. suh-lcevis is also a new species to Britain |
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Porphyry quarries, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium