Limestone (FR.24.0012)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone > Fossiliferous limestone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Paleogene; Eocene; Lutetian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Saint-Pierre-Aigle limestone
- Rock synonyms
- Pierre de Saint-Pierre-Aigle
- Additional information
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- France; Aisne; Saint-Pierre-Aigle
- Site name
- Carrière de Saint-Pierre-Aigle
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Rock actually exploited by "La Société Nouvelle Saint-Pierre-Aigle" (https://www.lespierresdeparis.com/)
- Natural color
- white to grey
- Aged color
- Components
- layers of gastropod molds (Turitella); macropores
- Texture
- fine grained; compact
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- fine grained; layers of gastropod molds (Turitella)
- Additional information
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.B6
- Original inventory nr.
- 36499
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- Texture
- peloids and bioclasts (miliolids and Foraminifera); small detrital fraction (quartz); micritic to microsparitic cement; intergranular and intragranular porosity
- Structure
- fine grained peloids and angular quartz grains; medium grained miliolids
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- peloidal and milliolidal packstone; inter- and intragranular porosity
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- FR.24.0012
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
De Kock et al. 2014
- Full reference
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De Kock T., Dewanckele J., Boone M., De Schutter G., Jacobs P. & Cnudde V. 2014. Replacement stones for Lede stone in Belgian historical monuments. In Cassar J., Winter M. G.,Marker B. R., Walton N. R. G., Entwisle D. C., Bromhead E. N., Smith J. W. N. (Ed.). Stone in Historic Buildings: Characterization and Performance, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 391: 31-46.
- Link
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Last modified: 2024-04-28.