Sandstone (BE.22.0001)
- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone > Glauconite-rich sandstone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Paleogene; Eocene; Ypresian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Fieldstone
- Rock synonyms
- veldsteen; kiezelzandsteen van het Paniseliaan; grès lustré (du Panisélien); pierre de champs; pierre volante
- Additional information
-
Middle to Late Ypresian, various formations and members of the Ieper and Zenne Group
Find location
- Site type
- Consumption site
- Location
- Belgium; West-Vlaanderen; Knokke-Heist
- Site name
- Graaf Jansdijk, Scaperie/Fort Sint-Joris
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Survey team Dr. Jan Trachet (UGent)
- Additional contextual information
-
Found during survey in the context of post-doc project J. Trachet
CAI 71597
Provenance
- Location
- Belgium; West-Vlaanderen
- Supposed site(s) of provenance
- Additional information
- This sample probably originates from the erosion of offshore sand banks in the North Sea. Sandstone blocks can be found on the beaches of Knokke (BE) and Cadzand and Nieuwvliet (NL) (Dusar et al. 2009, 503-509). They are often referred to as "Zwinwachters".
- Natural color
- grey to light grey
- Aged color
- Components
- quartz; typical glauconite appears as dark-green to black round to oval grains; highly cemented facies; large silex fragment; hollow root casts
- Texture
- fine- to medium-grained; poorly sorted; in general sub-angular to sub-rounded quartz
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- glauconite
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.22.0001
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Dr. Jan Trachet (UGent)
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Archaeological Field Survey
Dusar et al. 2009
- Full reference
-
Dusar M., Dreesen R. & De Naeyer A. 2009. Natuursteen in Vlaanderen, versteend verleden. Wolters Kluwer.
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Last modified: 2024-04-29.