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Baltic flint

Material name: Baltic flint
Synonyms: Erratic flint, Nordic flint, Morainic flint
Material (geologic): Glacially reworked Cretaceous and Danian flint

Detail of baltic flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2004

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Gravesen 1993
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: Reworked block of chalk with flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2003
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Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Gedser Odde
Locality: Gedser Odde, Falster Island
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 405.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 54° 33' 37" N
Long. 011° 58' 16" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)

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Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Fast eroding cliff
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2003
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Piece of typical baltic flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2004
 
Piece of typical grey 'baltic' flint
length: 60 mm
Cloudy morainic flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2004
 
Flake of opaque, 'cloudy' morainic flint
length: 53 mm
  flint with less silicified patches
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2004
 
Grey material with less well silicified patches
size: 60mm
Nordic flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2004
 
Somewhat coarser material with occasional dark veins
size: 66 mm
  glassy flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2004
 
Slightly glassy flint with rolled cortex
size: 74 mm
dark flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2004
 
Dark, fine-grained material with very fresh, chalky cortex
size: 43 mm
Sample description: N/A

 

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