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Erdöhorváti quartzite

Material name: Erdöhorváti quartzite
Synonyms: Limnic quartzite; limnoquartzite
Material (geologic): Tertiary (Neogene) perivolcanic silcrete

Detail of typical red quartzite
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Biró et al. 1984 and Biró 1986c
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: N/A
  Thin section in plane polarized light
Foto: Marlina Elburg, 2000
 
Thin section of "quartzite" under plane polarized light
Field of view: 9 mm
Thin section in cross polarized light
Foto: Marlina Elburg, 2000
 
Same thin section in cross polarized light
Field of view: 9 mm
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Fövényes oldal
Locality: Erdöhorváti-Fövényes oldal, Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
Synonyms: FlintSource samples 25 and 26.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 18' 40" N
Long. 021° 25' 25" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates given abover were taken with a hand-held GPS receiver in the autumn of 1999, as the signal was still deribately scrambled to give a precision of less than 15 metres. They point to the outcrop of red material on the hillside as seen in the site photo below (sample 26). The lighter coloured material was picked up at the foot of the hill around
Lat. 48° 18' 31" N
Long. 021° 25' 39" E
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Sampling with a view
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 1999
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Flake of typical red material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of typical red limnic quartzite.
piece of coarser red quartzite
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Piece of coarser red quartzite
  Piece of brownish material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Piece of brownish material from the lower site
Flake of white limnoquartzite
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of white limnoquartzite
Sample description: N/A

 

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