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Fontmaure Jasper

Material name: Fontmaure Jasper
Synonyms: Jaspe de Fontmaure
Material (geologic): Secundary coloured Upper Cretaceous flint, "Jasper"

Detail of multicoloured Jasper
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
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General characteristics

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: N/A
  Typical Jaspe de Fontmaure
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of typical "jasper" with some chalky cortex
size: 		Green jasper
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Piece of somewhat atypical material with some quartzite attached
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Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: Mousterian with blades, www.neanderthalart.com, pseudo-art, small exhibition in the Museon in teh Netherlands

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Fontmaure
Locality: Fontmaure near Vellèches, Vienne department, France
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 272.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 46° 55' 14" N
Long. 000° 30' 46" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View across sampling location
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: Dense scatter of multicoloured jasper
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2002
  WhatYouSeeAbove
  Flake of Jasper
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of typical jasper
size: 		Jaspe de Fontmaure
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Frost-shard of cloudy material
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  Jasper with dark bands
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Presumably prehistoric flake of very fine material
size: 		Red jasper
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Flake of very slightly veined homogenous red jasper
size:
Sample description: N/A
 
  Yellow jasper
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Homogenous yellow jasper with few reddish streaks
size: 		Two-toned flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Two-toned flake with some small fossils and "ghosts"
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  red material with translucent inclusions
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Red material with abundant translucent inclusions
size: 		spotted jasper
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Spotted jasper with small patch of cortex and frequent needle-shaped small fossils
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  patinated piece of jasper
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2003
 
Slightly patinated two-toned piece
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