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Obourg flint

Material name: Obourg flint
Synonyms: silex de Obourg
Material (geologic): Upper Cretaceous (Senonian) flint from the Craie de Obourg formation

Typical orange band under cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Name year and Name year
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: N/A
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Obourg-Bosquetiau
Locality: Obourg-Bosquetiau, Mons district, Hainaut, Belgium
Synonyms: Mining site B 2, according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999). FlintSource sample 116.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 50° 29' N
Long. 004° 00' E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View across the enormous hole left by chalk-quarrying
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Piece of grey, very fine flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Piece of grey, very fine flint
Nodule with greenish cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Nodule with grenish cortex
  Flake of coarser flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of coarser flint with numerous inclusions.
Sample description: N/A


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La Haute Folie
Locality: La Haute Folie, Mons district, Hainaut/Henegouwen province, Belgium
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 314.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 50° 29' 38" N
Long. 004° 01' 51" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: No site picture
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Typical Obourg-flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of typical Obourg-flint with
orange band under the cortex
length: 48 mm
Typical nodule
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Freshly tested nodule with glauconitic cortex
size: 68 mm
  Typical Obourg-flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Another example of the typical fine, dark flint
size: 46 mm
Lighter variety
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Very different material, but with the same orange band
size: 86 mm
  Coarse variety
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Coarse material from the same locality
length: 61 mm
 
Sample description: N/A

 

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