Limestone (FR.24.0002)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone > Bioclastic limestone (coquina/lumachelles rich)
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Jurassic; Upper Jurassic; Tithonian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Boulonnais limestone
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
- part of the Purbeck Group ?
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
- beige to pink brown
- Aged color
- orange brown
- Components
- macrofossils: gastropods?
- Texture
- coarse grained, porous
- Structure
- Weathering
- oxidation
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- NFR B12
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- ARCH3.L1.A10
- Original inventory nr.
- 40621
- Collection
- Archaeological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- calcite (micrite and sparite), peloids and smalla intraclasts of micrite (mudstone). High porosity.
- Texture
- nodular to botryoidal calcite. Micritic matrix. Average size of sparitic “nodules”: 400 microns
- Structure
- “cauliflower”-like
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- botryoidal texture
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- FR.24.0002
- 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: 2024-04-24.