REVIEWED LOCATION

Resteigne Quarry — Protected Fossil Geoheritage Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

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.

Protected / viewing statusVery high evidenceentrance map precisionCurrent review cycle freshness
Important: Private property: lower-level visitor access does not authorize collecting.

What is here

Middle Devonian marine fossiliferous limestone

Materials / interest: Limestone, Bivalves, Coral Fossils, Crinoid Fossils, Fossils

Collecting and access

Geoheritage viewing only. The current Geopark visitor listing explicitly prohibits collecting rocks and fossils.

Use the public lower-level geosite access at Rue de la Carrière. Do not enter inaccessible quarry levels.

Detailed status
prohibited
Permission
Not flagged
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Not flagged
Guide
Not flagged
Booking
Not flagged
Surface collecting
no
Hammering
no
Digging
no

Safety

Keep well back from quarry walls and unstable rock faces.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-13 · Next scheduled review: 2027-09-13.

Recheck access, closures, permissions and current source instructions before field travel.

More reviewed places in Belgium

Blegny-Mine — Guided Coal Mine & Slag-Heap GeologyCentre d’Interprétation de la Pierre — SprimontRecht Slate Mine & Bluestone MuseumCarrière des Limites — Active Private Limestone Quarry

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