Leffe Quarry, at "Montorgueil", Leffe
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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
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Description - Geology
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well known for its floating blonde calcites....and its beer !
On January 1st, 2009, after the demerging of the GRALEX Company, The Leffe quarry is owned by the HOLCIM Company.
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Aerial Views
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© Pictures : MJX, except otherwise specified.
04-03-2010
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04-03-2010
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Panoramic Views
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 GRALEX quarry - (21-10-2006)
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Pictures
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 - Careful of my lunch packet! (21-10-2006) |  - folds (21-10-2006) |  - numbered layers for the production of "castine" for the siderurgy (21-10-2006) |  - vertical folds (21-10-2006) |  - water for cleaning the cristals (21-10-2006) |  - the working face (29-10-2005) |  - Details of the fold (29-10-2005) |  - Ah! Sorry that we couldn't use this engine ! (24-04-2004) |  - upright folds (24-04-2004) |  - a geod (24-04-2004) |  - another one (24-04-2004) |  - the one we discover thank our hard rock drill and we brook down (24-04-2004) |  - the one we discover thank our hard rock drill and we brook down (24-04-2004) |  - The block had holes like a " gruyère"( more holes….more calcite!!) (24-04-2004) |  - The block had holes like a " gruyère"( more holes….more calcite!!) (24-04-2004) |  - The block had holes like a " gruyère"( more holes….more calcite!!) (24-04-2004) |  - The block had holes like a " gruyère"( more holes….more calcite!!) (24-04-2004) |  - hard rock drill for mine's holes (22-03-2003) |  - General view (photo MAT) (23-03-2002) |  - General view (photo MAT) (23-03-2002) |  - a fault in the upright folds of the old quarry (23-03-2002) |  - numbered folds (more than 100…a stratotype??) (23-03-2002) |  - A Giant…. (23-03-2002) | ?
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Data Base : Fossils
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Data Base : Minerals
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 aragonite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
sur cristaux de calcite (coll MJX) |  aragonite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
sur cristaux de calcite (coll MJX) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
coll MAT |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
photo & coll MSA |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
photo & coll MSA |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
photo & coll GLO |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
recouverte de pyrolusite - photo & coll GLO |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
coll MJX |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
coll MJX - distance entre les rainures 5cm |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
coll MJX - distance entre les rainures 5cm |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
macle - coll MJX |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
macle "papillon" - coll MJX |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
géode - coll MJX |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
géode - coll MJX | calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
Etranges cristaux de calcite recouverts d'aragonite (coll MJX) | calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
Etranges cristaux de calcite recouverts d'aragonite (coll MJX) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
avec cristallisation secondaire - (photo JDV) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
avec cristallisation secondaire - (photo JDV) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
avec cristallisation secondaire - (photo JDV) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
avec cristallisation secondaire - (photo JDV) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
coll MJX |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
(photo GLR coll RLS) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
(photo GLR coll RLS) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
(photo GLR coll RLS) |  calcite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
(photo GLR coll RLS) | pyrolusite
Montorgueil - carrière Gralex
sur calcite - photo & coll GLO |
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