Quartzite (BE.31.0002)
- Rock determination
- Metamorphic rock > Non foliated > Quartzite
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Paleozoic; Cambrian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Rock synonyms
- Revin quartzite
- 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
- darkgrey
- Aged color
- lightgrey
- Components
- mainly quartz; moldic porosity due to the weathering of pyrite
- Texture
- fine grained
- Structure
- big quartz veins (different generations)
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- sample MAAS-14
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- BE.31.0002
- 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
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Last modified: 2024-04-24.