Eschweiler coal sandstone
| Eschweiler coal sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Main features | |
| group | Sedimentite |
| Subgroup | Sandstone |
| Occurrence | Eschweiler and the surrounding area |
| colour | yellowish gray |
| use | Millstones, stone (historical)
|
| Dismantling situation | historical dismantling |
| Division into hard and soft stone | Hard rock |
| Age | Upper carbon |
| Special marks | numerous charcoal tinsel |
Eschweiler carbon sandstone (abbreviated EKS) is a hard sandstone with Kohleflittern, which in the older Jungsteinzeit , Bandkeramik time and Roman times in Rheinland for millstones were used for building houses and anvils. It comes from the upper carbon . It got its name from the sites in the Inderevier near Eschweiler . Occurrences can be found in the entire Eschweiler-Stolberg area in the western Rhineland.
A related sandstone is the Kinzweiler sandstone named after the neighboring town of Kinzweiler .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Graefe: Neolithic millstones between Weser Uplands and Lower Rhine . Dissertation Westphalian University, Münster 2008
- ↑ Eschweiler Kohlensandstein, Buntsandstein, Kinzweiler Sandstein ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . on www.steine-scherben.de
literature
- J. Weiner, J. Schalich: On Potential Bandkeramik Millstone Quarries in the Rhineland . In: G. Weisgerber, G. Körlin (Ed.): Stone Age - Mining Age . Proceedings of the 8th International Flint Symposium Bochum 13th - 17th September 1999. Der Anschnitt , Supplement 19. Publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum 148, pp. 203-212, Bochum 2006