Limestone (NL.24.0001)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Cretaceous; Upper Cretaceous; Maastrichtian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Kunrade Formation
- Rock name
- Kunrader stone
- Rock synonyms
- Kunrader Kalk; Kundersteen; Kunrader Krijt
- Additional information
- Kunrade Formation/Maastricht Formation (for more information see: https://ncs.naturalsciences.be/cretaceous/kunrade-formation)
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- Netherlands; Limburg (NL); Voerendaal
- Site name
- Kunrade
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Natural color
- yellowish grey, sometimes brown spots
- Aged color
- yellow
- Components
- unrecognisable bioclasts, black speckles (most probably organic material) and iron-rich patches
- Texture
- fine-grained
- Structure
- cross-bedding, bioturbation
- Weathering
- patina formation
- Diagnostic features
- bioturbation
- Additional information
- pictures show dry and whet surfaces; slightly harder than its counterpart (Maastricht limestone)
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.C15
- Original inventory nr.
- A0156
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- micritized bioclasts (mainly Foraminifera) and peloids; small detrital fraction (quartz and to a lesser extent glauconite); (micro)sparite cement
- Texture
- fine grained allochems
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- blue stained epoxy
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- NL.24.0001
- 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: 2024-05-01.