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Flemish Pottery and Stone Reference collection

Limestone (FR.24.0043)

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Rock determination
Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone > Oolithic limestone
Chronostratigraphy
Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Jurassic; Middle Jurassic; Bathonian
Lithostratigraphy
Oolithe Blanche Formation
Rock name
Coulmier-le-Sec limestone
Rock synonyms
Lanvignes; pierre de Bourgogne; Burgundy stone
Additional information
bioclastic oolithic grainstone

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Site type
Quarry
Location
France; Côte d'Or; Coulmier-le-Sec
Region
Bourgogne
Site name
Lanvignes
Excavation or Survey Team
Additional contextual information
Commercial Beltrami sample
Natural color
golden beige to yellow beige
Aged color
Components
bioclasts: forams and bivalves; moldic porosity
Texture
medium grain size
Structure
Weathering
Diagnostic features
Additional information
Flepostore inventory nr.
GEOL1.L1.A19
Original inventory nr.
33451/23
Collection
Geological Department, Ghent University
Type
Covered thin section
Comparable thin section(s)
Components
rich in allochems (ooids/peloids, aggregate grains, bivalves, Foraminifera); partially to complete micritization of bioclasts; dedolomitization (moldic porosity); iron(hydr)oxide staining around pores
Texture
medium grained allochems
Structure
Weathering
Diagnostic features
oolithic grainstone; iron(hydr)oxide stains associated with moldic porosity (dedolomitization)
Additional information
Lanvignes
Sample type
Rock sample
Inventory number
FR.24.0043
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

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.

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