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Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgiumi
Regional Level Types
ModaveMunicipality
LiègeProvince
WalloniaRegion
BelgiumCountry

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View of the Hoyoux river area, ca. 1910.

Barse, Modave, Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
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View of the Hoyoux river area, ca. 1910.

Modave, Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
03233600017272362715761.jpg
View of the Hoyoux river area, ca. 1910.

Barse, Modave, Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
02382280017272362726679.jpg
View of the Hoyoux river area, ca. 1910.

Modave, Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
03233600017272362715761.jpg
View of the Hoyoux river area, ca. 1910.

Barse, Modave, Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
02382280017272362726679.jpg
View of the Hoyoux river area, ca. 1910.

Modave, Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Modave3,825 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
338106
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:338106:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Modave, Province de Liège, Région wallonne, Belgique
German:
Modave, Provinz Lüttich, Wallonische Region, Belgien
Italian:
Modave, Provincia di Liegi, Vallonia, Belgio
Russian:
Модав, Льеж, Валлония, Бельгия
Simplified Chinese:
莫达沃, 列日省, 瓦隆大区, 比利时
Spanish:
Modave, Provincia de Lieja, Región Valona, Bélgica
Basque:
Modave, Liejako probintzia, Valonia, Belgika
Breton:
Modave, Liège, Wallonia, Belgia
Bulgarian:
Модав, Лиеж, Валония, Белгия
Catalan:
Modave, Província de Lieja, Valònia, Bèlgica
Cebuano:
Modave , Province de Liège, Wallonia, Belhika
Dutch:
Modave, Luik, Wallonië, België
Esperanto:
Modave, Lieĝo, Valonio, Belgio
Farsi/Persian:
مودو, استان لیژ, والونی, بلژیک
Hungarian:
Modave, Liège, Vallónia, Belgium
Limburgian:
Modave, Luuk, Wallonië, Belsj
Luxembourgish:
Modave, Provënz Léck, Wallounesch Regioun, Belsch
Norwegian:
Modave, Liège, Vallonia, Belgia
Occitan:
Modave, Província de Lièja, Valonia, Belgica
Polish:
Modave, Liège, Region Waloński, Belgia
Portuguese:
Modave, Liège, Valônia, Bélgica
Romanian:
Modave, Liège, Valonia, Belgia
Slovak:
Modave, Lutyšsko, Valónsky región, Belgicko
Swedish:
Modave, Liège, Vallonien, Belgien
Vietnamese:
Modave, Liège, Wallonie, Bỉ
Volapük:
Modave, Liège, Belgän
Walloon:
Modåve, Province di Lidje, Walonreye, Beldjike
Waray:
Modave, Liège, Wallonie, Belhika


Modave is a municipality of Belgium.

It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege.

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Modave proper, Outrelouxhe, Strée, and Vierset-Barse.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

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

6 valid minerals.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca FluoriteCaF2
FeIron
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

Fossils

There are 3 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.

Occurrences20
Youngest Fossil Listed347 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed365 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Carboniferous Limestone15326.4 - 298.9 Ma (Carboniferous)
Evieux3364.7 - 358.9 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Evieux - Fontin1364.7 - 360.7 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Archegonus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Archegonus358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Brachymetopus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Brachymetopidae : Brachymetopus358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Carbonocoryphe
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Carbonocoryphe358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Cummingella
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Phillipsiidae : Cummingella358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Eocyphinium
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Eocyphinium358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Paladin
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Paladin358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Phillipsia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Phillipsia358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Piltonia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Piltonia358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Sphenopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : Sphenopteris364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Archaeopteris
genus
Plantae : Aneurophytophyta : Archaeopteridopsida : Archaeopteridales : Archaeopteridaceae : Archaeopteris364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Rhacophyton
genus
Plantae : Pteridophyta : Rhacophytales : Rhacophyton364.7 - 360.7 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modave
Wikidata ID:Q710237
GeoNames ID:2791133

Localities in this Region

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