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Anhydrite from
Saint-Ghislain borehole, Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Borehole
Classification
Species:Anhydrite
Formula:CaSO4
Comments:Abundant as nodules up to several centimetres included in a carbonate matrix between 1841 and 2150 metres deep.
Habit:nodules
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Anhydrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Saint-Ghislain borehole, Saint-Ghislain, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1073985
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1073985:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Anhydrite
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘVieux Leuze borehole, Vieux Leuze, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
35.2km (21.8 miles) ⓘTournai borehole, Tournai, Tournai, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Dejonghe, L., Delmer, A., Groessens, E. (1976) Découverte d'anhydrite dans les formations anténamuriennes du sondage de Saint-Ghislain. Bulletin de l'Académie royale de Belgique, Classe des Sciences, 5e série, 62, 80-83.
Groessens, E. Conil, R., Hennebert, M. (1979) Le Dinantien du sondage de Saint-Ghislain - Stratigraphie et paléontologie. Service géologique de Belgique, Notices explicatives des cartes géologiques et minières de Belgique, 22, 137 pages.
Demaiffe, D., Dejonghe, L. (1991) Géochimie isotopique du strontium des barites, anhydrites, calcites et fluorites de Belgique. Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique: 113(2): 231-240. http://popups.ulg.ac.be/0037-9395/index.php?id=1285&file=1&pid=1278
Hatert, F., Deliens, M., Fransolet, A.-M., Van Der Meersche, E. (2002) Les minéraux de Belgique (2nd ed.) Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles.
 
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