Sandstone (FR.22.0007)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone > Calcareous sandstone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Jurassic
- Lithostratigraphy
- Grès de la Crèche Formation
- Rock name
- Boulonnais calcareous sandstone
- Rock synonyms
- Bierre de Baincthun
- Additional information
Find location
- Site type
- Natural geological outcrop
- Location
- France; Pas-de-Calais; Wimereux
- Region
- Boulonnais
- Site name
- Pointe aux Oies
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Dr. R. Dreesen and Prof. W. De Clercq
- Additional contextual information
- This sample was collected at the foot of the coastal cliffs
- Natural color
- yellowish grey to yellowish green
- Aged color
- Components
- rare white shell fragments
- Texture
- fine grained
- Structure
- bioturbation
- Weathering
- patina
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- NFR B13
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- ARCH3.L1.A3
- Original inventory nr.
- 40614
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- Monocrystalline quartz, rare feldspar, numerous glauconite grains. Frequent small intraclasts of micritic limestone (mudstone), rare phosphate grains. Calcite cement.
- Texture
- Well-sorted angular sand grains. Grain size: fine: 50-100 microns
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- glauconite-bearing calcareous sandstone
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- FR.22.0007
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- Yes
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
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Last modified: 2024-05-02.