Phyllite (BE.32.0001)

Find location

Site type

Quarry

Location

Belgium; Luxemburg; Vielsalm

Site name

Salmchâteau (undefined quarry)

Excavation or Survey Team

dr. Roland Dreesen

Additional contextual information

exact location of the quarry is not known, waste layers of an old coticule quarry in the region of Vielsalm

Natural color

pale yellow coticule layer within purplish grey phyllite (slate)

Aged color

Components

phyllosilicates; garnets

Texture

Structure

Weathering

Diagnostic features

conspicuous fine-grained yellow coticula

Additional information

sample RD29; coticule is known for famous Belgian whetstone production; coticule is chiefly composed of crystals of spessartine and a K-mica rich matrix and very fine grains of quartz (grain size below 1 μm) (Goemaere et al. 2016)

Sample type

Rock sample

Inventory number

BE.32.0001

Collection

Archaeological Department, Ghent University

Donating institute/person

dr. Roland Dreesen

Host collection

Other samples available

No

Sample collection method

Field Sampling (clay/rock)

Goemaere et al. 2016

Full reference

Goemaere E., Demarque S., Dreesen R., Declercq P.-Y. 2016. The Geological and Cultural Heritage of the Caledonian Stavelot-Venn Massif, Belgium, Geoheritage 8: 211-233.

 

Link

• https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-015-0155-y