Flémalle, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Old time calcite from this now exhausted locality. Collection and photo, Paul De Bondt.

© Collection and Copyright (c) 2012, Paul De Bondt

© Stefan Koch

Main crystal size is 2,4 cm.

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Calcite crystals in different shapes , with a brown unknown coating possible with Fe influence, picture depth 3.72 mm, Coll. & photo Ko Jansen.

© Ko Jansen

This is a well formed, lustrous and translucent, golden twin of calcite that is also doubly terminated. The locality is one of those old European classics, but you seldom actually see anything from here for sale, at least in the world market. From the Keith Williams Collection of miniatures and small cabinet specimens. Keith was a well known ...

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Original used vintage postcard with a view of the "Xhorré" coal mine. Locality: Flémalle. Age: stamped in 1914 (German field post). Publisher: Edit. P. Pirard, Flémalle-Grande. Photographer: unknown. Collection: Heinrich Ströver, Herten, Germany.

© Edit. P. Pirard, Flémalle-Grande

Original used vintage postcard with a view of the "Artistes" coal mine. Locality: Flémalle. Age: stamped in 1905. Publisher: Ed. Montulet-Bernimolin. Photographer: unknown. Collection: Heinrich Ströver, Herten, Germany.

© Ed. Montulet-Bernimolin

The former sand extraction site is being recultivated and put to new use. Photo taken in February 2026.

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Chateau Aigremont. Photo taken during a visit in February 2026.

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Photo taken in February 2026.

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Photo taken in February 2026.

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Material conveyor belt that transports broken material from “Terril du Hena” down to the loading station directly on the Meuse River. It passes close to the castle of Aigremont. Photo taken in 2026.

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The former limestone quarry with its industrial buildings, view from Rue des Awirs. Photo taken during a field trip in February 2026.

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The former sand extraction site is being recultivated. Photo taken in February 2026.

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Reclamation measures, February 2026.

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The conveyor belt line runs past Aigremont Castle, directly down to the Meuse River.

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Inactive limestone quarry " Sacrees ", the high quarry wall in the middle of the site.

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The conveyor belt from Agrimont to the loading point on the Meuse runs directly through this quarry. Photo taken in 2026.

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Rossart sand pit, Flemalle.

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Near by the Awirs quarry is the “Schmerling Cave,” a rock formation with limestone caves. This signpost is visible inside the former quarry area.

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