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Aalbeke, Kortrijk, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgiumi
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AalbekeSub-municipality
KortrijkMunicipality
West FlandersProvince
FlandersRegion
BelgiumCountry

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Type:
Sub-municipality
Mindat Locality ID:
337232
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:337232:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
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French:
Aalbeke, Courtrai, Province de Flandre-Occidentale, Flandre, Belgique
German:
Aalbeke, Kortrijk, Provinz Westflandern, Belgien
Bulgarian:
Аалбеке, Кортрейк, Западна Фландрия, Фландрия, Белгия
Catalan:
Aalbeke, Kortrijk, Flandes Occidental, Flandes, Bèlgica
Cebuano:
Aalbeke, Kortrijk, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Belhika
Dutch:
Aalbeke, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
Farsi/Persian:
آلبک, کورتریک, فلاندر غربی, فلاندر, بلژیک
Hungarian:
Aalbeke, Kortrijk, Nyugat-Flandria, Flandria, Belgium
Portuguese:
Aalbeke, Courtrai, Flandres Ocidental, Flandres, Bélgica
Swedish:
Aalbeke, Kortrijk, Västflandern, Flandern, Belgien
Urdu:
آلبےکے, کورٹریک, مغربی فلانڈرز, فلینڈرس, بلجئیم
West Flemish:
Oalbeke, Kortryk, West-Vloandern, Vloandern, België


Aalbeke is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and, since 1977, a sub-municipality of Kortrijk.

Aalbeke is located 6 km southwest of Kortrijk and is surrounded by Rollegem, Mouscron, Lauwe, and Marke.

Near the village of Aalbeke is the interchange of the E17 and E403.

Mineralisation in Rupelian clay.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalbeke
Wikidata ID:Q2603716
GeoNames ID:2803454


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References

https://www.minerant.org/MMM/G/gips-Aalbeke.html
Vochten, Renaud F.C., Stoops, Georges (1978) Gypsum crystals in Rupelian clay of Betekom (Prov. Antwerpen, Belgium). Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique: 101: 79-83. https://popups.uliege.be/0037-9395/index.php?id=4437&file=1&pid=4434
Vochten, R. F. C., Stoops, G. (1982) Gips [Gypsum]. Geonieuws, 7 (01) Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen. 14-19
Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique (2nd ed.) Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles.
en.wikipedia.org (n.d.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupelian
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