Quartz from
La Rochette, Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

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Classification
Locality type:	Occurrence
Species:	Quartz
Formula:	SiO₂
Habit:	pseudocubic; pseudomorphs after calcite
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:	Click here to view La Rochette, Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	312113
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:312113:9
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz

1.1km (0.7 miles)	ⓘ Prayon, Forêt, Trooz, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
3.1km (1.9 miles)	ⓘ Henne, Vaux-sous-Chèvremont, Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
3.4km (2.1 miles)	ⓘ Wérister coal dump, Romsée, Fléron, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
6.5km (4.1 miles)	ⓘ Sart Tilman, Angleur, Liège, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
6.6km (4.1 miles)	ⓘ Kinkempois, Angleur, Liège, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
7.1km (4.4 miles)	ⓘ Val-Benoît colliery, Cointe, Liège, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
7.3km (4.5 miles)	ⓘ Chartreuse coal dump, Liège, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
8.1km (5.1 miles)	ⓘ Lincé, Sprimont, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
8.6km (5.3 miles)	ⓘ Rondia quarry, Sprimont, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
9.3km (5.8 miles)	ⓘ Saint-Gilles colliery, Saint-Gilles, Liège, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
References
Haüy, R.J. (1822) Traité de Minéralogie, 2e édition, Paris. Davreux, C. (1833) Essai sur la constitution géognostique de la province de Liège. Mémoire de l'Académie royale de Bruxelles, Mémoire couronné in 4°, 9. Cesàro, G. (1898) Description des minéraux phosphatés, sulfatés et carbonatés du sol belge. Mémoires de l'Académie royale de Belgique, in 4°, 53, 136 pages. *Mélon, J., Bourguignon, P., Fransolet, A.-M. (1976) Les minéraux de Belgique. Editions G. Lelotte, Dison .* Dejonghe, Léon; Wautier, Jacques; Laduron, Dominique (1985) Réflectance et composition chimique des bravoïtes du gîte sédimentaire de Chaudfontaine et du gîte filonien de La Rochette (Province de Liège, Belgique). Bulletin de Minéralogie, 108 (5). 679-690 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1985.7884 *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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Quartz from La Rochette, Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Quartz from
La Rochette, Chaudfontaine, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium