Sandstone (DE.22.0005)
- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Cretaceous; Lower Cretaceous; Valanginian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Bentheimer sandstone
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
- red variant
Find location
- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- Germany; Niedersachsen; Bad Bentheim
- Site name
- Gildehaus, Romberg (steinbruch)
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Natural color
- red; pinkish
- Aged color
- Components
- quartz; porous
- Texture
- medium grained
- Structure
- slightly developed lamination
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- red variant
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.C18
- Original inventory nr.
- 37970
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- mainly quartz (mono- and polycrystalline) with subordinate feldspars (strongly corroded microcline), and minor amounts of opaque minerals; high amount of iron(hydr)oxides coating mineral grains; pore-filling clay minerals
- Texture
- fine grained quartz, well sorted, sub-rounded grains
- Structure
- grain-to-grain pressure solution
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- fine grained quartz arenite; accesory opaque minerals; hematite coating around grains
- Additional information
- yellow stained epoxy
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- DE.22.0005
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Dr. Wesley De Boever
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
Dubelaar & Nijland 2015
- Full reference
-
Dubelaar C.W. & Nijland T.G. 2015. The Bentheim Sandstone: Geology, Petrophysics, Varieties and Its Use as Dimension Stone. In: Lollino G., Giordan D., Marunteanu C., Christaras B., Yoshinori I., Margottini C. (Eds.). Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8, Springer: 557-563
- Link
Nijland et al. 2003
- Full reference
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Nijland T., Dubelaar W., van Hees R. & van der Linden T. 2003. Black weathering of Bentheim and Obernkirchen sandstone. Heron 48(3): 179-195.
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Last modified: 2024-04-23.