Name:

Plattenhornstein chert of the Abensberg-Arnhofen type : 2D documentation

Type of object:

Geological sample

Archaelogical site:

Abensberg-Arnhofen - exploitaition point of Bavarian banded chert

Location:

Abensberg-Arnhofen, Kr. Kelheim, Germany

Location- administrative unit (present):

Lower Bavaria, Germany

Hydrographic network:

region of Aben river, Danube tributary

Object type:

siliceous rocks ; chert

Characteristics of the object- technique:

non

Characteristics of the object- raw material:

Upper Jurassic Chert

Characteristics of the object- colour:

7.5 YR 3/0

Characteristics of the object- transparency:

0 - non - transparent

Characteristics of the object- fracture:

waxy-matt

Characteristics of the object- texture/facture:

oblongly banded; bands from 1 to 10 mm thick, in different shades of grey

Characteristics of the object- luster:

matt

Characteristics of the object- cortex:

thin, up to 1 mm; smooth

Characteristics of the object- transition:

clear transition

Characteristics of the object- patina:

non

Characteristics of the object- colour of patine:

non

Characteristics of the object- width:

30 mm

Characteristics of the object- thickness:

17 mm

Characteristics of the object- length:

47 mm

Characteristics of the object- weight:

31,4 g

Object description:

Primary deposit; collected by A. Zimmermann from the surface of a mining field; mine on site D5 according to the catalogue of the Museum in Bochum Museum (Weisgerber et al.. Eds 1999)

Research Manager/ Creator of Collection:

Lech, Jacek

Accession number:

0364/ROG/GR

Chronology:

Upper Jurassic

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