Sandstone (BE.22.0005)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone > Arkosic sandstone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Devonian; Lower Devonian; Lochkovian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Lower Devonian coarse grained sandstone
- Rock synonyms
- "arkosic sandstone" => pseudo-arkosic
- Additional information
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- Belgium; Luxemburg; Vielsalm
- Site name
- Salmchâteau (undefined quarry)
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Additional contextual information
- from an old quarry site in Salmchâteau (precise coordinates undefined)
- Natural color
- pale grey to yellowish white, with brown oxidation patches
- Aged color
- Components
- quartz, some rare feldspars: yellowish white spots corresponding to weathered feldspars
- Texture
- Coarse-grained; quartzitic
- Structure
- white quartz veins are present
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- uesd to be called arkosic sandstone
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- ARCH3.L1.A19
- Original inventory nr.
- A0104
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
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sand grains composed of both mono- and polycrystalline quartz; some rare micas (muscovite); former feldspar grains fully weathered and transformed into sericite, now re-arranged as cement between the quartz grains
- Texture
- coarse-grained; badly sorted; grain size varies from 150 to 3000 microns; maximum grain size 5 mmm
- Structure
- preferential orientation of phyllosilicates due to cleavage
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.22.0005
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
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Last modified: 2024-04-29.