Carrière de Leffe, lieu-dit "Montorgueil", à 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.
UTM coordinates
Leffe - GRALEX Quarry : 31U 636300E 5570900N
Carrière GRALEX de "Leffe" lieu-dit "Montorgueil" : 31U 636300E 5570900N
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.
UTM coordinates
Leffe - GRALEX Quarry : 31U 636300E 5570900N
Carrière GRALEX de "Leffe" lieu-dit "Montorgueil" : 31U 636300E 5570900N
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Description - Géologie
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très connues pour ses calcites blondes flottantes....et sa bière !
Le 1er janvier 2009, suite à la scission de la Société GRALEX, la carrière de Leffe a été reprise par HOLCIM.
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Aerial Views
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 Carrière
04-03-2010 |  Carrière
04-03-2010 |
Agrandir le plan
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Panoramic Views
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 Carrière GRALEX - (21-10-2006)click on pictures to enlarge.
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Other Pictures
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 Carrière Gralex à Montorgueil - Careful of my lunch packet! (21-10-2006) |  Carrière Gralex à Montorgueil - folds (21-10-2006) |  Carrière GRALEX - Montorgueil - numbered layers for the production of "castine" for the siderurgy (21-10-2006) |  Carrière GRALEX - Montorgueil - vertical folds (21-10-2006) |  Carrière GRALEX - Montorgueil - water for cleaning the cristals (21-10-2006) |  Carrière GRALEX - the working face (29-10-2005) |  Carrière GRALEX - Details of the fold (29-10-2005) |  Carrière GRALEX - Ah! Sorry that we couldn't use this engine ! (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - upright folds (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - a geod (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - another one (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - the one we discover thank our hard rock drill and we brook down (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - the one we discover thank our hard rock drill and we brook down (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - The block had holes like a " gruyère"( more holes….more calcite!!) (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - The block had holes like a " gruyère"( more holes….more calcite!!) (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - The block had holes like a " gruyère"( more holes….more calcite!!) (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - The block had holes like a " gruyère"( more holes….more calcite!!) (24-04-2004) |  Carrière GRALEX - hard rock drill for mine's holes (22-03-2003) |  Carrière GRALEX - General view (photo MAT) (23-03-2002) |  Carrière GRALEX - General view (photo MAT) (23-03-2002) |  Carrière GRALEX - a fault in the upright folds of the old quarry (23-03-2002) |  Carrière GRALEX - numbered folds (more than 100…a stratotype??) (23-03-2002) |  Carrière GRALEX - A Giant…. (23-03-2002) | ?
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Data Base : Fossils
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If you have personal pictures of fossils, why don't you give them to us for publication ? Please write to us!
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Data Base : Minerals
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If you have personal pictures of minerals, why don't you give them to us for publication ? Please write to us!
 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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