Ore (BE.28.0001)
- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Ore > Iron carbonate > Septarian nodule
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Paleogene; Oligocene; Rupelian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Boom Formation
- Rock name
- Septarian nodule
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
Find location
- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- Belgium; Antwerpen; Rumst
- Site name
- Rumst (clay pit)
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Additional contextual information
- Rock sample was found in an old quarry located in Rumst. The exact coordinates are not defined.
- Natural color
- greenish grey to beige; orange brown crust on the septae
- Aged color
- yellowish grey
- Components
- siderite
- Texture
- septarian
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- internal septae covered with orange brown carbonate crusts and sulphides
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.28.0001
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
De Craen et al. 1999
- Full reference
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De Craen M., Swennen R. & Keppens E. 1999. Petrography and geochemistry of septarian carbonate concretions from the Boom Clay Formation (Oligocene, Belgium). Geologie en Mijnbouw 77: 63-76.
Vandenberghe et al. 2014
- Full reference
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Vandenberghe N., De Craen M. & Wouters L. 2014. The Boom Clay Geology. From sedimentation to present-day occurence. A review. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Belgium, 60.
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