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Hoegaarden, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgiumi
Regional Level Types
HoegaardenProtected Area
Flemish BrabantProvince
FlandersRegion
BelgiumCountry

Coat of Arms of HoegaardenFlag of Hoegaarden
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Age:
56.0 to 47.8 Ma
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Hoegaarden6,110 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
286759
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:286759:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Dutch:
Hoegaarden, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, België
French:
Hougaerde, Province du Brabant flamand, Flandre, Belgique
German:
Hoegaarden, Provinz Flämisch-Brabant, Belgien
Italian:
Hoegaarden, Provincia del Brabante Fiammingo, Fiandre, Belgio
Russian:
Хугарден, Фламандский Брабант, Фландрия, Бельгия
Simplified Chinese:
胡哈尔登, 弗拉芒-布拉班特省, 法兰德斯, 比利时
Spanish:
Hoegaarden, Provincia del Brabante Flamenco, Flandes, Bélgica
Basque:
Hoegaarden, Flandriako Brabante, Flandria, Belgika
Breton:
Hoegaarden, Brabant Flandrez, Flandrez, Belgia
Bulgarian:
Хугарден, Фламандски Брабант, Фландрия, Белгия
Catalan:
Hoegaarden, Brabant Flamenc, Flandes, Bèlgica
Cebuano:
Hoegaarden , Provincie Vlaams-Brabant, Belhika
Czech:
Hoegaarden, Vlámský Brabant, Vlámsko, Belgie
Esperanto:
Hoegaarden, Flandra Brabanto, Flandrio, Belgio
Farsi/Persian:
اویگردان, برابانت فلاندر, فلاندر, بلژیک
Finnish:
Hoegaarden, Flanderin Brabant, Flanderi, Belgia
Hebrew:
הוחרדן, ברבנט הפלמית, פלנדריה, בלגיה
Hungarian:
Hoegaarden, Flamand-Brabant, Flandria, Belgium
Japanese:
ヒューガルデン, フラームス=ブラバント州, フランドル, ベルギー
Korean:
후가르던, 플람스브라반트주, 플란데런, 벨기에
Luxembourgish:
Hoegaarden, Provënz Flämesche Brabant, Flandern, Belsch
Norwegian:
Hoegaarden, Flamsk Brabant, Flandern, Belgia
Occitan:
Hoegaarden, Brabant Flamenc, Flandra, Belgica
Polish:
Hoegaarden, Brabancja Flamandzka, Flandria, Belgia
Portuguese:
Hoegaarden, Brabante Flamengo, Flandres, Bélgica
Romanian:
Hoegaarden, Brabantul Flamand, Flandra, Belgia
Slovak:
Hoegaarden, Flámsky Brabant, Belgicko
Swedish:
Hoegaarden, Flamländska Brabant, Flandern, Belgien
Traditional Chinese:
胡哈爾登, 法蘭德斯, 比利時
Vietnamese:
Hoegaarden, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, Bỉ
Volapük:
Hoegaarden, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgän
Waray:
Hoegaarden, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, Belhika


Hoegaarden is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium.

The municipality comprises the villages of Hoegaarden proper, Meldert and Outgaarden.

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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

2 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

Rock Types Recorded


Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

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Detailed Mineral List:

'Feldspar Group'
'Glauconite'
Formula: K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
'Limonite'
'Mica Group'
'Petrified Wood'
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Sceptre Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Coloured by inclusions of organic matter.

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Smoky Quartz ?4.DA.05SiO2
var. Sceptre Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified
'Feldspar Group'-
'Glauconite'-K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
'Limonite'-
'Mica Group'-
'Petrified Wood'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
OOxygen
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
O HematiteFe2O3
O QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
O Quartz var. Sceptre QuartzSiO2
MgMagnesium
Mg GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
AlAluminium
Al GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
Si Quartz var. Sceptre QuartzSiO2
KPotassium
K GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
FeIron
Fe GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Fe HematiteFe2O3

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed48.6 Ma (Eocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed55.8 Ma (Eocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Landen - Tienen - Dormaal255.8 - 48.6 Ma (Eocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Hallensia
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Lophialetidae : Hallensia55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Palaeonictis gigantea
species
Oxyaenidae : Palaeonictis : Palaeonictis gigantea55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoegaarden
Wikidata ID:Q818787
GeoNames ID:2795704

Localities in this Region

  • Flanders

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