Limestone (BE.24.0016)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone > Sandy limestone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Paleogene; Eocene; Lutetian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Brussel Formation
- Rock name
- Gobertange stone
- Rock synonyms
- Brusseliaanse steen; calcaire gréseux de Bruxellien; moellons Bruxelliens; witte arduin/witsteen/Vlaamse arduin
- Additional information
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- Belgium; Waals-Brabant; Jodoigne
- Site name
- Mélin (Carrière de Gobertange)
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Natural color
- greyish white
- Aged color
- white
- Components
- bioclastic sandy limestone; siliciclastic fraction rich in glauconite; calcite cement; fine alternation of wackestone and packstone
- Texture
- Structure
- white calcareous laminations interrupted by strongly bioturbated grey sandy layers (sometimes referred to as "oak like structure"); diagenetic replacement of the calcium rich cement to chalcedony and opal (partial silicification)
- Weathering
- white patina formation; gypsum crust formation (dark discoloration) (not applicable for this sample)
- Diagnostic features
- alternation of white calcareous laminations and bioturbated grey sandy layers, sometimes referred to as "oak like structure"
- Additional information
- pictures show both dry and wet surfaces (darker colored)
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.A5
- Original inventory nr.
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- fossil remains (Foraminifera, Echinoderma); detrital quartz and and to a lesser extent glauconite and feldspar; clayey micrite matrix
- Texture
- (sub)-angular quartz grains, rounded glauconite grains; fine grain size
- Structure
- heterogeneous alternation of more calcareous and more sand-rich layers; bioturbation
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- heterogeneous alternation of sand-rich and more calcareous-rich layers; glauconiferous sandy limestone
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.24.0016
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
Tordoir 2000
- Full reference
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Tordoir J. 2000. La Gobertange : une pierre, des hommes. Glimes: Editions Rencontres A.S.B.L.
- Link
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Last modified: 2024-04-25.