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Sceptre Quartz from
Terril Rieu du Coeur slag locality, Quaregnon, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Slag Locality
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Sceptre Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Formation:Post-mining/Anthropogenic
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sceptre Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Terril Rieu du Coeur slag locality, Quaregnon, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1360371
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1360371:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sceptre Quartz
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘTerril de la Grosse Cotte coal dump, Quaregnon, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘTerril Fief de Lambrechies coal dump, Quaregnon, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘWasmes, Colfontaine, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
4.8km (3.0 miles) ⓘTerril de l'Héribus quarry, Cuesmes, Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
7.5km (4.6 miles) ⓘTerril St Antoine coal dump, Boussu, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
54.2km (33.7 miles) ⓘLompret quarry, Lompret, Chimay, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
83.0km (51.6 miles) ⓘGoudberg, Hoegaarden, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
References
Housen, P. (1997) Les minéraux des terrils du Borinage et du Centre. III. Oxydes et quartz. Le caillouteux, 111.
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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