COUNTRY FIELD GUIDE
Belgium coverage is site-specific. In Wallonia, access to mine, mining and underground-quarry workings that are closed to the public requires authorization, while active/private quarries remain owner-controlled. A public viewpoint, geosite or museum is never treated as collecting permission.
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Materials: Coal
A current 2026 guided coal-mine visitor experience descending to galleries at 30 and 60 metres, plus mining museum and slag-heap biotope. It is included as geology/mining heritage, not specimen access.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Limestone, Crinoid Fossils, Fossils
A current 2026 geology and stone-industry visitor centre in Sprimont focused on Belgian blue limestone, fossils and quarrying history. It is an excellent geology stop but not an open quarry-collecting site.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Slate
An accessible underground slate/bluestone visitor mine near St. Vith with continuous audioguide access during opening hours and guided tours by arrangement. It adds eastern Belgium mining geology without implying open collecting.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Limestone, Bivalves, Coral Fossils, Crinoid Fossils, Fossils
A former limestone quarry exposing a 385-million-year-old shallow-marine setting with corals, shells and crinoids. It is intentionally shown as a red no-collecting trust record because the current Geopark listing expressly forbids specimen removal.
Next review: 2027-09-13
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Materials: Limestone, Calcite, Dolomite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
A mineralogically interesting active limestone quarry included specifically to prevent unsafe “famous locality = public collecting” assumptions. The UNESCO Geopark states that it is private property and entry is forbidden.
Next review: 2027-09-13