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Skillingbro

Material name: Bryozoic Flint
Synonyms: Danflint
Material (geologic): Lower Paleocene (Danian) chert

Macrophotograph of Danian flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Andersen & Sjørring1997
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: Large block of bryozoic flint
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2003
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A


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Skillingbro Quarry
Locality: Skillingbro quarry near Rebild, Nordjyllands Amt, Denmark
Synonyms: Skillingbro Kalkgrav; Danish national geologic locality 30 (Andersen & Sjørring 1997); FlintSource sample 377.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 56° 49' 33.8" N
Long. 009° 54' 39.7" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: The coordinates were taken with a handheld 12-channel GPS-receiver and will be accurate enough to point somewhere in the middle of the smallish quarry.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Freshly recut quarry
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2003
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Dark Danflint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Freshly struck flake of dark Danflint
length: 59 mm
Translucent chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Small flake of translucent Danian flint
size: 36 mm
  Chert with cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Flake of Lower Paleocene flint with cortex
size: 38 mm
Patchy material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Spotted brown flint with cherty patches
size: 65 mm
Sample description: N/A


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Road No 180
Locality: Cut of road No 180 South of Støvring, Nordjyllands Amt, Denmark
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 376.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 56° 49' 23" N
Long. 009° 49' 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. As the flint can be found along a stretch of approx. 400 metres, they are accurate enough to get you to the site.
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: NoSitePic
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Brown Dabflint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Sample of brownish Danflint
size: 53 mm
Two-toned chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Flake of dark, slightly two-toned flint with typical chalky cortex
size; 64 mm
  Spotted flint
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2008
 
Spotted chert with internal flaws and siliceous cortex
size: 47 mm
 
Sample description: N/A

 

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January, 2008
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