Belgium, Wallonia
La Calamine / Kelmis, Belgium
Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: smithsonite, willemite, hemimorphite, sphalerite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: historic zinc (calamine) mine
Historic mindat Vieille Montagne zinc deposit, type area for the 'calamine' ores (smithsonite, willemite).
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Old workings, heavy-metal ground
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