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Tegernheim

Material name: Tegernheim
Synonyms: Hornstein (Hornstone)
Material (geologic): Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian/Malm γ-δ) chert

Detail of typical flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001

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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Moser in Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: N/A
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Knapping notes: N/A
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Tegernheim
Locality: Tegernheim, Regensburg district, Bavaria, Germany
Synonyms: "Tegernheimer Keller", mining site D 15, according to the catalogue of the museum in Bochum, 3rd edition (Weisgerber et al. (eds.) 1999).
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 49° 01' 46" N
Long. 012° 08' 51" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)



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Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View towards the Fellingerberg
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2000
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Flake of opaque chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of opaque chert from Tegernheim
Nodule of translucent chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Nodule of translucent chert
Sample description: N/A
  Piece with "ghosts" of fossils
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Piece with "ghosts" of fossils
Nodule showing typical worn down cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Nodule showing typical worn down cortex

 

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