Name:

Cretaceous flint from Rijckholt-St.Geertruid mine : 2D documentation

Type of object:

Geological sample

Archaelogical site:

flint mine Rijckholt-St.Geertruid, Holland (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Object type:

siliceous rocks ; flint

Characteristics of the object- technique:

non

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Characteristics of the object- colour:

2.5Y 4/0 3/0

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

0 - non - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

conchoidal

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

silica matrix with numerous inclusions of organic origin, visible spots of up to 3 mm in diameter and numerous streaks/bands of lighter colour than the surroundings

Characteristics of the object- luster:

matt

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

rough, mealy, up to 1 mm thick

Characteristics of the object- transition:

clearly distinct

Characteristics of the object- patina:

yes

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

rusty

Characteristics of the object- width:

120 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

71 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

87 mm

Characteristics of the object- diameter:

120 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

537,6 g

Object description:

Flint from the mine goafs of Rijckholt-St.Geertruid - goafs between measurement points No 582-600. Collection of Jacek Lech; found on May 2nd, 1975

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Lech, Jacek

Accession number:

0344/FLI/NL

Chronology:

Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

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:

Open