Sandstone (BE.22.0017)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone > Quartzarenite
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Paleogene; Paleocene; Thanetian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Landen Group; Tienen Formation
- Rock name
- Bray sandstone
- Rock synonyms
- sandstone of Binche; grès Picard
- Additional information
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- Belgium; Henegouwen; Binche
- Site name
- Sablière du Champ des Waimes, Bray
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Natural color
- white, grey to yellowish brown
- Aged color
- Components
-
almost pure quartz, varying degree of quartz cementation
- Texture
- locally some very thin opal layers
- Structure
- compact to sandy structure and varying intergranular cohesion; isolated blocks with a characteristic shape (surface mamelonnée); locally fossilised roots
- Weathering
- extremely stable material, but can undergo color changes
- Diagnostic features
- quartzite texture; high hardness; surface mamelonnée
- Additional information
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.A6
- Original inventory nr.
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- quartz grains, small amount of opaque minerals; overgrown by a silica cement
- Texture
- fine grained; well sorted; angular to sub-angular grains; quartzitic texture
- Structure
- pressure-solution during compaction (concavo-convex contacts)
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- equidimensional quartz grains; silica cement; quartzitic texture
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.22.0017
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- Yes
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
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Last modified: 2024-04-28.