Ramsel, Herselt, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgiumi

Regional Level Types
Ramsel	Sub-municipality
Herselt	Municipality
Antwerp	Province
Flanders	Region
Belgium	Country

A village and sub-municipality of Herselt in the south of the province, on the border with Flemish-Brabant.

There were two clay pits, one southwest of the village and one on the north side.

One of them (located at 51°01'42"N, 4°49'50"E, about 1km SW of Ramsel church) is still known today as the "Kleiput" ("clay pit") or "Kleiputsite" ("clay pit site"). It was close to a school, and therefore the locals called it "the quarry at the school". It is now a fishing pond.

The other one was closer to Ramsel church (about 500 m NE of it) and was therefore called "the quarry at the church" by the locals.
Reportedly, it is currently also a fishing pond.

Both of these pits excavated the 'Boomse klei' (more or less synonymous with 'London clay'). The clay layers contain a lot of septarian nodules with calcite and small iridescent pyrite crystals (octahedra). Above the clay, there is a base of gravel, with stones, shark teeth, bones, phosphorite nodules and (in the northern quarry) crab fossils.

The clay pits are rehabilitated as fishing ponds.

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Wikipedia:	https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsel
Wikidata ID:	Q2189234

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