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2019
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A jadeitite axehead in the midst of the famous Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes?
More than a century ago, Alfred Lemonnier, Director of phosphatic chalk quarries in the Mons region, donated a jadeitite axehead from Spiennes to the State among a small collection of 'knapped flint'. Originally, this artefact was 12 to 15 cm long. Several scientists tested various ways – destructive or non-destructive...Errera, Michel
Spiennes mine (Hainaut, Belgium), sourcing, Late Neolithic, jadeitite axehead, thin section, and spectroradiometric analysis