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Calcite from
La Sambre quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Habit:Croisez, M. (2012): La cristallographie de la Calcite a la carriere des Calcaires de la Sambre a Landelies, Hainaut, Belgique. Association des Micro-Monteurs de Mineraux de Montigny-le-Tilluil (4M ASBL), 97 pp
Colour:Yellow, brown, colourless, white, amber, green
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Very common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite10
Marcasite5
Quartz3
Manganese Oxides1
- var Manganese Dendrites1
Sphalerite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view La Sambre quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Photo GalleryView Gallery (278 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:2638
Long-form Identifier:1:3:2638:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
1.3km (0.8 miles) HC Aggregates Belgium, Monceau-sur-Sambre, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
1.6km (1.0 miles) Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
2.4km (1.5 miles) Gralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
6.3km (3.9 miles) Pays de Liège colliery, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
7.2km (4.5 miles) Terril de la cokerie slag locality, Anderlues, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
8.5km (5.3 miles) Solvay quarry, Couillet, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
11.1km (6.9 miles) Bouffioulx, Châtelet, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
11.6km (7.2 miles) Châtelineau, Châtelet, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
19.2km (11.9 miles) Strépy-Bracquegnies, La Louvière, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
20.8km (13.0 miles) Aisemont 2 quarry, Aisemont, Fosses-la-Ville, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
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