Object structure
Name:

Helgoland flint : 3D documentation

Other names:

Nordic red flint ; Heligoland flint

Type of object:

Geological sample

Location:

Helgoland Island

Location- administrative unit (present):

Düne close to Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Hydrographic network:

southeastern part of the North Sea, 70 km from German shore

Object type:

siliceous rocks ; flint

Characteristics of the object- technique:

non

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

Upper Cretaceous (Turonian)

Characteristics of the object- colour:

10R 3/3-3/4 and 2.5YR 3/4-4/3

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

4 - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

greasy

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

homogenous silica matrix; fine-crystalline; sometimes visible rare dots or small spots

Characteristics of the object- luster:

greasy-matt

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

non

Characteristics of the object- transition:

non

Characteristics of the object- patina:

non

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

non

Characteristics of the object- width:

27 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

3 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

28 mm

Characteristics of the object- diameter:

34 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

2,7 g

Object description:

Material collected from the surface in the raw material outcrop region by Jacek Lech

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Lech, Jacek

Accession number:

0287/FLI/DE

Chronology:

Turonian

Relation:

Atlas skał

Resource type:

Image

Detailed Resource Type:

Research data

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

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