| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Comments: | Superb crystals up to 25 cm of a nice honey colour.
Other colors occur. |
| Habit: | Skalenohedron and rhombohedron. |
| Colour: | Yellow, brown, colourless, white, amber. |
| Luminescent properties: | Not fluorescent. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Pyrite | 18 |
| Fluorite | 12 |
| Quartz | 5 |
| Aragonite | 4 |
| Limonite | 2 |
| Dolomite | 1 |
| Goethite | 1 |
| Baryte | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Gralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (79 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 39716 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:39716:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘHC Aggregates Belgium, Monceau-sur-Sambre, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 2.4km (1.5 miles) | ⓘLa Sambre quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘLandelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 5.1km (3.1 miles) | ⓘPays de Liège colliery, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 6.3km (3.9 miles) | ⓘSolvay quarry, Couillet, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 9.0km (5.6 miles) | ⓘBouffioulx, Châtelet, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 9.5km (5.9 miles) | ⓘTerril de la cokerie slag locality, Anderlues, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 9.9km (6.2 miles) | ⓘChâtelineau, Châtelet, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 18.9km (11.8 miles) | ⓘAisemont 2 quarry, Aisemont, Fosses-la-Ville, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium |
| 19.1km (11.9 miles) | ⓘLes Petons quarry, Yves-Gomezée, Walcourt, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium |
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Gralex quarry, Mont-sur-Marchienne, Charleroi, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium