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Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlandsi
Regional Level Types
MechelenTown
Gulpen-WittemMunicipality
LimburgProvince
NetherlandsCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Mechelen1,375 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
437176
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:437176:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limbourg, Pays-Bas
German:
Mecheln, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Niederlande
Italian:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburgo, Paesi Bassi
Spanish:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburgo, Países Bajos
Catalan:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Països Baixos
Cebuano:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Olanda
Danish:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Holland
Dutch:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
Farsi/Persian:
مکلن, خولپن-ویتم, لیمبورخ, هلند
Limburgian:
Mechele, Gulpe-Wittem, Nederlands Limburg, Nederland
Luxembourgish:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Provënz Limburg, Holland
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Mechelen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg Séng, Hô-lân


Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛxələ(n)]; Limburgish: Mechele [ˈmæçələ]) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, and lies about 13 km south of Heerlen.

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
ⓘGalena2.CD.10PbS

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Sⓘ GalenaPbS
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pbⓘ GalenaPbS

Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed86.3 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Gulpen - Vijlen170.6 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Aachen - Aachen186.3 - 83.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Cunnolites cancellata
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Cunnolitidae : Cunnolites : Cunnolites cancellata86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) postarcuata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Basiliolidae : Homaletarhynchia : Cretirhynchia (Homaletarhynchia) postarcuata70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechelen,_Netherlands
Wikidata ID:Q100020
GeoNames ID:2751077

Localities in this Region

  • Limburg

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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