Siliceous rock (BE.26.0012)
- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Siliceous rock > Lydite
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Carboniferous; Middle Missisipian; Visean
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
- "Zutendaal gravel"
Find location
- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- Belgium; Limburg (BE); Dilsen-Stokkem
- Region
- Meuse valley
- Site name
- Veerpont Meeswijk-Berg a/d Maas
- Excavation or Survey Team
- dr. Roland Dreesen and dr. Sibrecht Reniere
- Additional contextual information
- Meuse gravel (eroded and transported rock)
- Natural color
- black
- Aged color
- Components
- silica
- Texture
- fine grained; conchoidal fracture
- Structure
- many very fine quartz veins
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- sample MAAS-11; rock results from the silicification of very finegrained micrite rich laminite
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.26.0012
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
Bosch 1992
- Full reference
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Bosch, P.W., 1992. De herkomstgebieden van de Maasgesteenten, Grondboor en Hamer, 1992-3: 57-64
Dreesen 2007
- Full reference
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Dreesen, R. 2007. Zoekkaart keien voor het Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen, Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland.
- File
Dusar et al. 2009
- Full reference
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Dusar M., Dreesen R. & De Naeyer A. 2009. Natuursteen in Vlaanderen, versteend verleden. Wolters Kluwer.
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