Sandstone (LU.22.0003)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone > Dolomitic sandstone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Triassic; Middle Triassic; Ladinian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Upper Muschelkalk
- Rock name
- Gilsdorf sandstone
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- Luxemburg; Mersch; Larochette
- Site name
- Ernzen, Carrières Feidt SA
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Natural color
- greenish grey to green
- Aged color
- Components
- quartz, disseminated opaque minerals and oxidation of iron-rich minerals (reddish brown color); dolomitic cement
- Texture
- Structure
- homogeneous, fine layered lamination (sedimentary structure)
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- pictures show dry and whet surfaces
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.C14
- Original inventory nr.
- A0159
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- quartz (mono- and polycrystalline), minor amounts of opaque minerals (pyrite and iron(hydr)oxides); iron-rich dolomitic cement
- Texture
-
(very) fine grain size, heterogeneous sorting (from well sorted to poorly sorted)
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- quartz sandstone; iron-rich calcite cement
- Additional information
- blue stained epoxy
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- LU.22.0003
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
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Last modified: 2024-04-26.