Sandstone (NL.22.0001)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Siliciclastic > Sandstone > Quartzarenite
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Neogene; Miocene
- Lithostratigraphy
- Breda Formation
- Rock name
- Nivelsteiner sandstone
- Rock synonyms
- zandsteen van Herzogenrath
- Additional information
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- Netherlands; Limburg (NL); Voerendaal
- Site name
- Kunrade
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Natural color
- white to light grey
- Aged color
- dark brownish grey
- Components
- pure quartz, high porosity (low weight)
- Texture
- medium grain size
- Structure
- homogeneous
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- very porous and homogeneous pure sandstone
- Additional information
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.C16
- Original inventory nr.
- A0155
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- quartz; high porosity (up to 50%)
- Texture
- fine to medium grain size, well sorted, rounded to sub-angular grains
- Structure
- grain-to-grain pressure solution
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- pure quartzarenite; high porosity
- Additional information
- blue stained epoxy
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- NL.22.0001
- 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: 2024-04-24.