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Spy, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur, Wallonia, Belgiumi
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SpySub-municipality
Jemeppe-sur-SambreMunicipality
NamurProvince
WalloniaRegion
BelgiumCountry

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Neighbouring regions:
Isnes, Gembloux, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Onoz, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Temploux, Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Moustier-sur-Sambre, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Mazy, Gembloux, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium
Type:
Sub-municipality
Mindat Locality ID:
337291
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:337291:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
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French:
Spy, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Province de Namur, Région wallonne, Belgique
Spanish:
Gruta de Spy, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Provincia de Namur, Región Valona, Bélgica
Dutch:
Spy , Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namen, Wallonië, België
Limburgian:
Spy, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Name, Wallonië, Belsj
Polish:
Spy, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur, Region Waloński, Belgia
Walloon:
Spî, Djimepe-so-Sambe, Province di Nameur, Walonreye, Beldjike


Spy is a village in and a sub-municipality of the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre near Namur, Belgium.

Here in 1886, in Betche aux Roches cavern, Maximin Lohest and Marcel de Puydt found two nearly perfect Neanderthal skeletons (man and woman) at a depth of 16 feet (4.9 m), with numerous implements of the Mousterian type. Recently, Yves Saquet found a third skeleton of the same age.

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Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3

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OOxygen
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
SSulfur
Sⓘ Native SulphurS8
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy,_Belgium
Wikidata ID:Q1260067


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References

en.wikipedia.org (n.d.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Cave
Stainier, X. (1892) Présence du soufre dans le calcaire carbonifère de Spy. Annales de la Société géologique de Belgique: 20: XXIV (B24). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/263982#page/254/mode/1up
Stainier, X. (1904) Sur des minéraux du terrain houiller de Belgique. Bulletin de la Société belge de Géologie: 18: PV173-PV178. https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-de-la-societe-belge-de-geologie/018%20-%201904/bsbg_018_1904_pv_1904_07_19.pdf
Mélon, J., Bourguignon, P., Fransolet, A.-M. (1976) Les minéraux de Belgique. Editions G. Lelotte, Dison .
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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