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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: | ||
| Pyrite | 10 | |
| Marcasite | 5 | |
| Quartz | 3 | |
| Manganese Oxides | 1 | |
| - var Manganese Dendrites | 1 | |
| Sphalerite | 1 | |
| 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 Gallery | View Gallery (279 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 | |
| References | ||
La Sambre quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium