Antoing - CIMESCAUT Quarries

Caution! All the described sites are private properties or belong to regulated public domains (natural reserves, forests…). An authorization preliminary to any visit or excavation is of course absolutely mandatory.

Coordinates

CIMESCAUT quarry : 31U 532009E 5603025N

Description - Geology

Stage : Tournaisian

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Aerial Views

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31-08-2005 bird view of whole of the installations	31-08-2005 sorting and stocking installations + cement industry
31-08-2005	31-08-2005
31-08-2005 in the foreground, the CIMESCAUT quarry, in the left background the LEMAY quarry, in the right background, the MiLIEU quarry and at the bottom the cement industry CCB	? Your photos

© Photos Carrières CIMESCAUT d'Antoing : aimable autorisation de M. Laurent Vermeulen

Panoramic Views

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Cimescaut quarry - (20-10-2007)
But who has left this stone in the middle of the path...?

Cimescaut quarry - (10-06-2006)

Cimescaut quarry - (10-06-2006)

Cimescaut quarry - (10-06-2006)

Cimescaut quarry - (10-06-2006)

Pictures

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- The monsters (10-06-2006)	- The monsters (10-06-2006)
- The monsters (photo MGS) (10-06-2006)	- The Monsters (photo MGS) (10-06-2006)
- Under a special umbrella...(the sun was exceptionnaly shining this day...) (10-06-2006)	- the workshop for crushing and screening (19-03-2005)
- general view (19-03-2005)	- But where is Gerard the Smurf ? (see page humor (humour.php)) (19-03-2005)
- (19-03-2005)	- (19-03-2005)

Data Base : Fossils

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Bollandia globiceps kleini Tournaisien (coll & photo DLE)	Cladodus Carbonifère très rare dent (photo & coll DLE)
Cummingella belisama lug Tournaisien (photo & coll DLE)	Cummingella belisama lug Tournaisien le même dégagé (photo & coll DLE)
Ichthyolihe (Deltoptychiids ou Iniopterygian) Tournaisien plaque dermique (photo & coll DLE)	Parvidumus cernulevis Tournaisien (photo & coll DLE)
Parvidumus cernunnos Tournaisien (photo & coll DLE)	Parvidumus cernunnos Tournaisien (photo & coll DLE)
Parvidumus cernunnos Tournaisien (photo & coll LRA)	Pudoproetus incertus Tournaisien pygidium (photo & coll DLE)
Wytrides rosmerta Tournaisien (coll & photo RES)	? vos photos ?

Data Base : Minerals

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calcite carrière CIMESCAUT coll MJX	calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)
calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)	calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)
calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)	calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)
calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)	calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)
calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)	calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)
calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)	calcite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll MGS)
calcite Carrière Cimescaut photo & coll JDE	calcite Carrière Cimescaut photo & coll JDE
calcite Carrière Cimescaut photo & coll JDE	calcite Carrière Cimescaut photo & coll JDE
calcite Carrière Cimescaut photo & coll JDE	calcite Carrière Cimescaut photo & coll JDE
fluorite carrière CIMESCAUT (coll MJX) Xtal 2mm	fluorite Carrière Cimescaut dim des plus gros cristaux : 5mm (photo & coll DLE)
fluorite Carrière Cimescaut dim des plus gros cristaux : 5mm (photo & coll DLE)	fluorite Carrière Cimescaut dim des plus gros cristaux : 5mm (photo & coll DLE)
fluorite Carrière Cimescaut dim des plus gros cristaux : 5mm (photo & coll DLE)	fluorite Carrière Cimescaut dim des plus gros cristaux : 5mm (photo & coll DLE)
fluorite Carrière Cimescaut dim des plus gros cristaux : 5mm (photo & coll DLE)	fluorite Carrière Cimescaut dim des plus gros cristaux : 5mm (photo & coll DLE)
fluorite Carrière Cimescaut dim des plus gros cristaux : 5mm (photo & coll DLE)	pyrite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll GLO) Xtal 1mm
pyrite carrière CIMESCAUT (photo & coll GLO) Xtal 1mm	? your photos ?

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