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Escalles, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francei
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EscallesCommune
CalaisArrondissement
Pas-de-CalaisDepartment
Hauts-de-FranceRegion
FranceCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Escalles332 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
362613
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:362613:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Escalles, arrondissement of Calais
French:
Escalles, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
German:
Escalles, Kalen, Département Pas-de-Calais, Nordfrankreich, Frankreich
Italian:
Escalles, arrondissement di Calais, Passo di Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Simplified Chinese:
埃斯卡勒, 加莱区, 加来海峡省, 上法兰西大区, 法国
Spanish:
Escalles, Distrito de Calais, Paso de Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Afrikaans:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankryk
Arabic:
إسكاليس, كاليه, باد كاليه, شمال فرنسا, فرنسا
Aragonese:
Escalles, Paso de Calais, Altos de Francia, Francia
Asturian:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Bambara:
Escalles, Faransi
Basque:
Escalles, Calaiseko barrutia, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Escalles, Arrondissement Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankreich
Breton:
Escalles, arondisamant Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Bro-C'hall
Catalan:
Escalles, Districte de Calais, Pas de Calais, Alts de França, França
Cebuano:
Escalles, Arrondissement de Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pransiya
Chechen:
Ескаль, Па-де-Кале, Франци
Corsican:
Escalles, Francia
Croatian:
Escalles, Francuska
Czech:
Escalles, Arrondissement Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francie
Danish:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrig
Dutch:
Skoale, Kales, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Escalles, Opper-Frankriek, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francio
Estonian:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais' departemang, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Escalles, Frakland
Finnish:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Escalles, Pâs-de-Calês, France
Friulian:
Escalles, France
Galician:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Greenlandic:
Escalles, Franskit Nunaat
Hungarian:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Felső-Franciaország, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Escalles, Frakkland
Ido:
Escalles, Francia
Indonesian:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Perancis
Interlingua:
Escalles, Departimento Pas-de-Calais, Francia
Interlingue:
Escalles, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Escalles, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Escalles, Frans
Kabyle:
Escalles, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Ескаль, Па-де-Кале, Франция
Kazakh (Latin Script):
Eskalʹ
Kongo:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Fwalansa
Latin:
Escalles, Calesium, Fretum Calisii, Alta Franciae, Francia
Latvian:
Escalles, Padekalē, Francija
Ligurian:
Escalles, Fransa
Limburgian:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Escalles, Pa de Kalė, Aukštutinė Prancūzija, Prancūzija
Low Saxon/Low German:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Escalles, Arrondissement Calais, Departement Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankräich
Malagasy:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Frantsa
Malay:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Perancis
Minangkabau:
Escalles, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Escalles, Calais Kūn, Pas-de-Calais, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Escalles, France
Neapolitan:
Escalles, Franza
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrike
Occitan:
Escalles, Pas de Calais, Nauts de França, França
Papiamento:
Escalles, Fransia
Picard:
Éscalles, Pas-Calés, Heuts-d'Franche, Franche
Piedmontese:
Escalles, Dipartiment ëd Pass ëd Calais, Fransa
Polish:
Escalles, Okręg Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francja
Portuguese:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Altos da França, França
Romanian:
Escalles, Arondismentul Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Nord - Pasul Calais și Picardia, Franța
Romansh:
Escalles, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Escalles, Frantza
Scots:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, An Fhraing
Sicilian:
Escalles, Francia
Slovak:
Escalles, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Pikardia, Francúzsko
Swahili:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrike
Turkish:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Ескаль, Па-де-Кале, О-де-Франс, Франція
Venetian:
Escalles, Paso de Calè, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Escalles, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pháp
Volapük:
Escalles, Fransän
Walloon:
Escalles, France
Waray:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fransya
Welsh:
Escalles, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Escalles, Arroundissement Kales, Nauw van Kales, Hauts-de-France, Vrankryk
Wolof:
Escalles, Faraas
Zulu:
Escalles, IFulansi


The village nearest to Cap Blanc-Nez. There is a small and steep valley, the "Cran d'Escalles' that is the only way to the beach and the foot of the cliff. On holidays, it may be very crowded; there are parking lots for cars and buses near the village.

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9 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded


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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Detailed Mineral List:

'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
'Limonite'
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Description: These marcasites are 'trapped' in massive blocks of chalk. At first they appear to be boulder of chalk, only heavier. But if you clean them, it is amazing what comes out.
Melanterite
Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
References:
Trouvaille & Collection Jean-Marie Claude Identified by Jean-Marie Claude: Visual Identification
Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
References:
Trouvaille & Collection Jean-Marie Claude Identified by Jean-Marie Claude: Visual Identification
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Vivianite
Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Melanterite7.CB.35Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Vivianite8.CE.40Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Unclassified
'Limonite'-
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3A

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
H VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O AragoniteCaCO3
O CalciteCaCO3
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
O QuartzSiO2
O VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
SSulfur
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
S PyriteFeS2
S Native SulphurS8
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
FeIron
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe VivianiteFe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Fossils

There are 6 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.

Occurrences6
Youngest Fossil Listed93.9 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed101 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Platypterygius kiprijanoffi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Leptopterygiidae : Platypterygius : Platypterygius kiprijanoffi100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Laocoetis fittoni
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Innaecoeliida : Craticulariidae : Laocoetis : Laocoetis fittoni100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rhizopoterionopsis pruvosti
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Ventriculitidae : Rhizopoterionopsis : Rhizopoterionopsis pruvosti100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Terebratulina protostriatula
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cancellothyrididae : Terebratulina : Terebratulina protostriatula100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Callicylix eocenicus
species
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosida : Callodictyonidae : Callicylix : Callicylix eocenicus100.5 - 93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalles
Wikidata ID:Q1031980
GeoNames ID:6618404

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