| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Sphalerite |
| Formula: | ZnS |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Epidote | ⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Epidote at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Sphalerite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Porphyry quarries, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 509358 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:509358:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 3bd2885c-3f83-4ce8-a8bd-788ee78b6213 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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| 6.6km (4.1 miles) | ⓘSteenkerque, Braine-Le-Comte, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 7.9km (4.9 miles) | ⓘRonquières, Braine-Le-Comte, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 21.7km (13.5 miles) | ⓘCUP quarry, Lessines, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 35.5km (22.0 miles) | ⓘGralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 39.4km (24.5 miles) | ⓘThulin, Hensies, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 43.2km (26.9 miles) | ⓘAcoz, Gerpinnes, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 48.1km (29.9 miles) | ⓘGaurain-Ramecroix, Tournai, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 50.3km (31.2 miles) | ⓘBarbençon, Beaumont, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 50.3km (31.3 miles) | ⓘSolre-Saint-Géry, Beaumont, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 53.0km (32.9 miles) | ⓘSavena mine, Vedrin, Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | by J. Grandjean Faden quartz from Bierghes, Brabant, Belgium ...................................... 441...mineral collecting site for over 60 years. Calcite, sphalerite, and especially multicolored, iridescent and...Exceptional phantom fluorite “Pineapple” habit calcite Sphalerite Figure 67 Phantom fluorite Iridescent fluorite...historically commercial, carbonate-hosted fluorite, sphalerite and galena deposits of the midcontinent Mississippi...restricted, as in many other active stone aggregate quarries. County Road 178 borders the north side of the |  | 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...apatite – are always altered. The red colour of the porphyry stems from alteration of phenocrysts and groundmass...Imperial Porphyry to their Egyptian source. Elemental and isotope geochemistry of the Imperial Porphyry is...is described in Part II. Key words: Imperial Porphyry, Dokhan volcanics, Red Sea Mountains, plagioclase |  | | Book | | (mainly chalcopyrite and chalcocite next to galena, sphalerite and pyrite), which due to surface alteration...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 |
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Porphyry quarries, Quenast, Rebecq, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium