Quartzite (BE.31.0001)
- Rock determination
- Metamorphic rock > Non foliated > Quartzite > Veined quartzite
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Cambrian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Veined quartzite
- Rock synonyms
- Paleozoic river-borne pebble/cobblestone; Maasgrind; Maaskei; Berggrind; River cobble
- Additional information
- Cambrian quartzite pebble found in the Pleistocene Zutendaal Pebble Formation, Hoge Kempen, Limburg
Find location
- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- Belgium; Limburg (BE); Maasmechelen
- Site name
- Vallei van de Kikbeekbron
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Additional contextual information
- This pebble/cobble derives from the fluvial Pleistocene Meuse river terrace. It was generated as a result of the erosion of Paleozoic rocks of the Ardennes, Vosges area and the Rhenisch Massif (Dreesen et al. 2014). "Vallei van de Kikbeekbron" is a former gravel and sand quarry, now nature reserve situated in the High campine (Limburg) area.
- Natural color
- greenish grey (fresh)
- Aged color
- orange brown
- Components
- quartz
- Texture
- fine-grained
- Structure
- quartz veins
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- sample RD61
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.31.0001
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Dr. Roland Dreesen
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
Dreesen et al. 2014
- Full reference
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Dreesen R., Janssen J. & Van Uytven D. 2014. Het grind ontleed: samenstelling en herkomst van de stenen in het Maasgrind. LIKONA Jaarboek, 24, Provinciaal natuurcentrum Limburg: 18-35.
- Link
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Last modified: 2024-04-23.