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Banské quartzite

Material name: Banské quartzite
Synonyms: Limnic quartzite; limnoquartzite
Material (geologic): Neogene (Miocene, "Sarmatian") perivolcanic silcrete ("limnoquartzite")

Detail of typical material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Kaminská 1991 and Harčár et al. 1996) 
 

Geographical setting: N/A
Material and colour: Large block of limnoquartzite
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2001
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A

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Banské
Locality: Banské, Vranov district, Slanské Mountains, Eastern Slovakia
Synonyms: FlintSource sample 203.
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 48° 50' 00" N
Long. 021° 33' 54" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: View across the sampling area towards Banske
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2001
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Flake with cortex
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of typical "limoquartzite" with thick cortex
size: 45 mm 		darker material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of darker material with characteristic brown zone
width: 42 mm
  Banded flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Banded, very dense limnic quartzite
length: 46 mm 		Cream coloured silcrete
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Piece of cream coloured quartzite with slight layering
length: 70 mm
Sample description: N/A

  Prehistoric flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Presumably prehistoric flake
length: 30 mm 		Patinated frost-sherd
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Strongly patinated frost-sherd
size: 44 mm
 
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