Siliceous rock (BE.26.0001)
- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Siliceous rock > Chert > Flint
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Cretaceous; Upper Cretaceous; Maastrichtian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Maastricht Formation
- Rock name
- Silicified chalk
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
- Eluvial deposit
Find location
- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- Belgium; Limburg (BE); Voeren
- Region
- Voerstreek
- Site name
- 's-Gravenvoeren
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Additional contextual information
- Found on a field in 's-Gravenvoeren in the vicinity of a doline (exact coordinates undefined)
- Natural color
- white to very pale orange
- Aged color
- orange-brown (due to soiling from loam)
- Components
- calcite; silica; porous (including mouldic secondary porosity); moulds and imprints of macrofossils (e.g. crinoid ossicles)
- Texture
- Structure
- Weathering
- patina
- Diagnostic features
- very porous; lightweight
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.26.0001
- 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: 2024-04-28.