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Sangstrup Klint

Material name: Danian flint
Synonyms: bryozoic Danflint
Material (geologic): Lower Paleocene (Danian, Paleogene) flint

Macrophotograph of Bryozoic flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Glob 1954 and Larsen & Kronborg 1994
 

Geographical setting: Sangstrup klint from the South
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2003
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Material and colour: Nodule of typical bryozoic flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2003
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Sangstrup klint
Locality: Sangstrup klint, Djursland, Eastern Jutland, Århus Amt, Denmark
Synonyms: Danish national geologic locality 38 (Larsen & Kronborg 1994); FlintSource sample 378.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 56° 28' 07.5" N
Long. 010° 55' 39.6" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given were taken at the spot where we organized our sample and did the documentation. They are a bit over-precise, as Sangstrup klint is nearly three kilometres long.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Cliff with typical bioherms
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2003
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Dark Danflint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Dark gray Danflint with some internal flaws
size: 73 mm
Gray Tertiary flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Flake of good-quality gray material
size: 50 mm
  Brown chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Brown bryozoic flint
length: 65 mm
Dark flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Brown-gray Palaeogene flint from the face of the cliff
length: 51 mm
Sample description: N/A


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Fornæs
Locality: Fornæs near Grenaa, Djursland, Århus Amt, Denmark
Synonyms: Lille Sandvig; Mining site DK 5, according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999).
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 56° 27' 14" N
Long. 010° 57' 02" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given were taken off the large scale (1:50 000) digital map "Det levende Danmarkskort" and rounded to the nearest arc-second.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Old beach ridges near Fornaes
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2003
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A


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