fieldtrip to mid Devonian deposits.

[Manticocerasman]

Last weekend we went on a field trip with the geology club of Ghent to a quarry in Southern Belgium that we hadn't visited before.

The deposits in the quarry were mostly Givetian and Eifelian, but only the Givetian layers were exposed.

The rock was a massive limestone, whit from time to time some fossil remains from reef builders. but most of it was impossible to extract.

So at the end of the day we had nothing to show for. The only notable finds were calcite cristals, but we gave those away since we don't collect minerals.

You can't score every time  , Still a fun field trip though, and an impressive sight to see almost vertical sedimentary layers.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Looks a bit cold, wet and miserable. 

Still interesting, though and I would have loved to have a look about. 

Thanks for sharing. 

[Manticocerasman]

14 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Looks a bit cold, wet and miserable. 

 

It wasn't that bad, not very cold and there were some moments that the sun peeked through