2023
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of the spherical, oval or irregular shape, clearly elicited from ambient rocks. They occur mostly as so-called flint banks in carbonate rocks (chalk, limestones, marls) mainly of the Jurassic (the Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) and Cretaceous (the Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. Sometimes they are concentrated in the form of bars (the Karsy query near Inowłodz and hornfels in the Carpathians, e.g.: Leszczawa Górna and Hyżne). The main component of the flintstones concretions is chalcedony. Very similar to flintstones are cherts, nevertheless they are not clearly elicited from ambient rocks. In view of their weathering resilience, the flintstones often occur in secondary accumulations as a component of loose clastic sediments. The Quarternary flintstones occur in the form of boulder fields e.g. in the vicinities of Krzeszowice or Jastrzębie near Radom. Larger flintstones accumulations were identified in some boiler karsts, e.g. in Kuźle near Złoty Potok and in Wolica near Kielce.
Ground flintstones are used in the glass, ceramic and enameller industries. They are also used for the production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Ground flintstones are also used in the abrasive materials industry, for the production of loose abrasives and abrasive papers.
Striped flintstones are used as fancy stones, for making jewelry and stone fancy products. The most famous accumulation of striped flinstones is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were intensively extracted already in the Neolithic period (3,500-1,600 BC) from the Upper Oxfordian limestones. Equally important for the archeology are so-called ‘chocolate’ flintstones of which the biggest accumulations and places of exploitation are located in the area of Gliniany, Iłża, Tomaszów and Wierzbica. In Orońsko near Radom, there was one of the oldest sites of Paleolithic mining and ‘chocolate’ flintstones processing in Europe discovered. It is dated at about 12,800 years old.
There are two documented deposits of flintstones in the Holy Cross Mts. (Bocheniec and Tokarnia). In Bocheniec redeposited flintstones originate from the Kimmeridgian limestones and decorative versions of flintstones account for 30% at the average. In Tokarnia the striped fancy flintstones occur. Due to the finished building of the rode node ‘Tokarnia’ within the expressway S7 on the section Chęciny-Jędrzejów, the possibility of making the south-eastern part of the deposit available was significantly limited.
Nowadays, none of these deposits is being exploited. The anticipated economic resource have not changed in comparison with 2022 and amounted to 27.70 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Table 1. List of flintstones deposits – thousand tonnes
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2022
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of the spherical, oval or irregular shape, clearly elicited from ambient rocks. They occur mostly as so-called flint banks in carbonate rocks (chalk, limestones, marls) mainly of the Jurassic (the Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) and Cretaceous (the Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. Sometimes they are concentrated in the form of bars (the Karsy query near Inowłodz and hornfels in the Carpathians, e.g.: Leszczawa Górna and Hyżne). The main component of the flintstones concretions is chalcedony. Very similar to flintstones are cherts, nevertheless they are not clearly elicited from ambient rocks. In view of their weathering resilience, the flintstones often occur in secondary accumulations as a component of loose clastic sediments. The Quarternary flintstones occur in the form of boulder fields e.g. in the vicinities of Krzeszowice or Jastrzębie near Radom. Larger flintstones accumulations were identified in some boiler karsts, e.g. in Kuźle near Złoty Potok and in Wolica near Kielce.
Ground flintstones are used in the glass, ceramic and enameller industries. They are also used for the production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Ground flintstones are also used in the abrasive materials industry, for the production of loose abrasives and abrasive papers.
Striped flintstones are used as fancy stones, for making jewelry and stone fancy products. The most famous accumulation of striped flinstones is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were intensively extracted already in the Neolithic period (3,500-1,600 BC) from the Upper Oxfordian limestones. Equally important for the archeology are so-called ‘chocolate’ flintstones of which the biggest accumulations and places of exploitation are located in the area of Gliniany, Iłża, Tomaszów and Wierzbica. In Orońsko near Radom, there was one of the oldest sites of Paleolithic mining and ‘chocolate’ flintstones processing in Europe discovered. It is dated at about 12,800 years old.
There are two documented deposits of flintstones in the Holy Cross Mts. (Bocheniec and Tokarnia). In Bocheniec redeposited flintstones originate from the Kimmeridgian limestones and decorative versions of flintstones account for 30% at the average. In Tokarnia the striped fancy flintstones occur. Due to the finished building of the rode node ‘Tokarnia’ within the expressway S7 on the section Chęciny-Jędrzejów, the possibility of making the south-eastern part of the deposit available was significantly limited.
Nowadays, none of these deposits is being exploited. The anticipated economic resource have not changed in comparison with 2021 and amounted to 27.70 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2021
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of the spherical, oval or irregular shape, clearly elicited from ambient rocks. They occur mostly as so-called flint banks in carbonate rocks (chalk, limestones, marls) mainly of the Jurassic (the Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) and Cretaceous (the Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. Sometimes they are concentrated in the form of bars (the Karsy query near Inowłodz and hornfels in the Carpathians, e.g.: Leszczawa Górna and Hyżne). The main component of the flintstones concretions is chalcedony. Very similar to flintstones are cherts, nevertheless they are not clearly elicited from ambient rocks. In view of their weathering resilience, the flintstones often occur in secondary accumulations as a component of loose clastic sediments. The Quarternary flintstones occur in the form of boulder fields e.g. in the vicinities of Krzeszowice or Jastrzębie near Radom. Larger flintstones accumulations were identified in some boiler karsts, e.g. in Kuźle near Złoty Potok and in Wolica near Kielce.
Ground flintstones are used in the glass, ceramic and enameller industries. They are also used for the production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Ground flintstones are also used in the abrasive materials industry, for the production of loose abrasives and abrasive papers.
Striped flintstones are used as fancy stones, for making jewelry and stone fancy products. The most famous accumulation of striped flinstones is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were intensively extracted already in the Neolithic period (3,500-1,600 BC) from the Upper Oxfordian limestones. Equally important for the archeology are so-called ‘chocolate’ flintstones of which the biggest accumulations and places of exploitation are located in the area of Gliniany, Iłża, Tomaszów and Wierzbica. In Orońsko near Radom, there was one of the oldest sites of Paleolithic mining and ‘chocolate’ flintstones processing in Europe discovered. It is dated at about 12,800 years old.
There are two documented deposits of flintstones in the Holy Cross Mts. (Bocheniec and Tokarnia). In Bocheniec redeposited flintstones originate from the Kimmeridgian limestones and decorative versions of flintstones account for 30% at the average. In Tokarnia the striped fancy flintstones occur. Due to the building of the rode node ‘Tokarnia’ within the expressway S7 on the section Chęciny-Jędrzejów, the possibility of making the south-eastern part of the deposit available was significantly limited.
Nowadays, none of these deposits is being exploited. The anticipated economic resource have not changed in comparison with 2020 and amounted to 27.70 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2020
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical, oval or irregular shape, clearly elicited from the ambient rocks. They occur mostly as so-called flint banks among carbonate rocks (chalk, limestones, marls) mainly of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) and Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. Sometimes they are concentrated in the form of bars (Karsy query near Inowłodz and hornfels in the Carpathians, e.g.: Leszczawa Górna and Hyżne). The main component of the flintstones concretions is chalcedony. Very similar to flintstones are cherts, nevertheless they are not clearly elicited from the ambient rocks. In view of their weathering resilience, the flintstones often occur in secondary accumulations as a component of loose clastic sediments. The Quarternary flintstones occur in the form of boulder fields e.g. in the vicinities of Krzeszowice or Jastrzębie near Radom. Bigger flintstones accumulations were identified in some boiler karsts, e.g. in Kuźle near Złoty Potok and in Wolica near Kielce.
Ground flintstones are used in the glass, ceramic and enameller industries. They are also used for the production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Ground flintstones are also used in the abrasive materials industry, for the production of loose abrasives and abrasive papers.
Striped flintstones are used as fancy stones to make some jewelry and stone fancy products. The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were intensively extracted already in the Neolithic period (3,500-1,600 BC) from the Upper Oxfordian limestones. Equally important for the archeology are so-called ‘chocolate’ flintstones of which the biggest accumulations are located in the area of Gliniany, Iłża, Tomaszów and Wierzbica. In Orońsko near Radom, there was one of the oldest sites of Paleolithic mining and ‘chocolate’ flintstones processing in Europe discovered. It is dated at about 12,800 years old.
There are two documented deposits of flintstones in the Holy Cross Mts. (Bocheniec and Tokarnia). In Bocheniec redeposited flintstones originate from the Kimmeridgian limestones and decorative versions of flintstones account for 30% at the average. In Tokarnia the striped flintstones occur. Due to the building of the rode node ‘Tokarnia’ within the expressway S7 on the section Chęciny-Jędrzejów, the possibility of making the south-eastern part of the deposit was significantly limited.
Nowadays, none of these deposits is being exploited. The anticipated economic resource have not changed in comparison with 2019 and amounted to 27.70 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2019
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical, oval or irregular shape, clearly elicited from the ambient rocks. They occur mostly as so-called flint banks among carbonate rocks (chalk, limestones, marls) mainly of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) and Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. Sometimes they are concentrated in the form of bars (Karsy query near Inowłodz and hornfels in the Carpathians, e.g.: Leszczawa Górna and Hyżne). The main component of flintstones concretions is chalcedony. Very similar to flintstones are cherts, nevertheless they are not clearly elicited from the ambient rocks. In view of their weathering resilience, the flintstones often occur in secondary accumulations as a component of loose clastic sediments. The Quarternary flintstones occur in the form of boulder fields e.g. in the vicinities of Krzeszowice or Jastrzębie near Radom. Bigger flintstones accumulations were identified in some boiler karsts, e.g. in Kuźle near Złoty Potok and in Wolica near Kielce.
Ground flintstones are used in the glass, ceramic and enameller industries. They are also used for the production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Ground flintstones are also used in the abrasive materials industry, for the production of loose abrasives and abrasive papers.
Striped flintstones are used as fancy stones to make some jewellery and stone fancy products. The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were intensively extracted already in the Neolithic period (3,500-1,600 BC) from the Upper Oxfordian limestones. Equally important for the archeology are so-called ‘chocolate’ flintstones of which the biggest accumulations are located in the area of Gliniany, Iłża, Tomaszów and Wierzbica. In Orońsko near Radom, there was one of the oldest sites of Paleolithic mining and ‘chocolate’ flintstones processing in Europe discovered. It is dated at about 12,800 years old.
There are two documented deposits of flintstones in the Holy Cross Mts. (Bocheniec and Tokarnia). In Bocheniec redeposited flintstones originate from the Kimmeridgian limestones and decorative versions of flintstones account for 30% at the average. In Tokarnia the striped flintstones occur. Due to the building of the rode node ‘Tokarnia’ within the expressway S7 on the section Chęciny-Jędrzejów, the possibility of making the south-eastern part of the deposit was significantly limited.
Nowadays, none of these deposits is being exploited. The anticipated economic resource have not changed in comparison with 2018 and amounted to 27.70 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2018
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical, oval or irregular shape, clearly elicited from the ambient rocks. They usually occur as so-called banks among carbonate rocks (chalk, limestones, marls) mainly of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) and Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. Sometimes they are concentrated in the form of bars (Karsy query near Inowłodz and hornfels in the Carpathians, e.g.: Leszczawa Górna and Hyżne). The main component of flintstones concretions is chalcedony. Very similar to flintstones are cherts, nevertheless they are not clearly elicited from the ambient rocks. In view of their weathering resilience, the flintstones often occur in secondary accumulations as a component of loose clastic sediments. The Quarternary flintstones occur in the form of boulder fields e.g. in the vicinities of Krzeszowice or Jastrzębie near Radom. Bigger flintstones accumulations were identified in some boiler karsts, e.g. in Kuźle near Złoty Potok and in Wolica near Kielce.
Ground flintstones are used in the glass, ceramic and enameller industries. They are also used for the production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Ground flintstones are also used in the abrasive materials industry, for the production of loose abrasives and abrasive papers.
Striped flintstones are used as fancy stones to make some jewellery and stone fancy products. The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were intensively extracted already in the Neolithic period (3,500-1,600 BC) from the Upper Oxfordian limestones. Equally important for the archeology are so-called ‘chocolate’ flintstones of which the biggest accumulations are located in the area of Gliniany, Iłża, Tomaszów and Wierzbica. In Orońsko near Radom, there was one of the oldest sites of Paleolithic mining and ‘chocolate’ flintstones processing in Europe discovered. It is dated at about 12,800 years old.
There are two documented deposits of flintstones in the Holy Cross Mts. (Bocheniec and Tokarnia). In Bocheniec redeposited flintstones originate from the Kimmeridgian limestones and decorative versions of flintstones account for 30% at the average. In Tokarnia the striped flintstones occur. Due to the building of the rode node ‘Tokarnia’ within the expressway S7 on the section Chęciny-Jędrzejów, the possibility of making the south-eastern part of the deposit was significantly limited.
Nowadays, none of these deposits is being exploited. Anticipated economic resource have not changed in comparison with the previous year and amounted to 27.70 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2017
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical, oval or irregular shape, clearly elicited from the ambient rocks. They usually occur as banks among carbonate rocks (chalk, limestones, marls) mainly of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) and Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. Sometimes they are concentrated in the form of bars (Karsy query near Inowłodz and hornfels in the Carpathians, e.g.: Leszczawa Górna and Hyżne). The main component of flintstones concretions is chalcedony. Very similar to flintstones are cherts, nevertheless they are not clearly elicited from the ambient rocks. In view of their weathering resilience, flintstones often occur in secondary accumulations as a component of loose clastic sediments. The Quarternary flintstones occur in the form of boulder fields in the vicinities of Krzeszowice or Jastrzębie near Radom. Bigger flintstones accumulations were identified in some boiler karsts, e.g. in Kuźle near Złoty Potok and in Wolica near Kielce.
Ground flintstones are used in the glass, ceramic and enameller industries. They are also used for the production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Ground flintstones are also used in the abrasive materials industry, for the production of loose abrasives and abrasive papers.
Striped flintstones are used to make some jewellery and stone fancy products. The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were extracted already in the Neolithic period (3,500-1,600 BC) from the Upper Oxfordian limestones. Equally important for the archeology are so-called ‘chocolate’ flintstones of which the biggest accumulations are located in the area of Gliniany, Iłża, Tomaszów and Wierzbica. In Orońsko near Radom, there was one of the oldest sites of Paleolithic mining and ‘chocolate’ flintstones processing in Europe discovered. It is dated about 12,800 years old.
There are two documented deposits of flintstones in Holy Cross Mts. (Bocheniec and Tokarnia). In Bocheniec redeposited flintstones originate from the Kimmeridgian limestones and decorative versions of flintstones account for 30% at the average. In Tokarnia only striped flintstones occur. Nowadays, none of these deposits is being exploited.
Anticipated economic resource have not changed in comparison with the previous year and amounted to 27.70 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2016
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical, oval or irregular shape. They usually occur as banks among carbonate rocks of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec quarries) or Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica quarries) ages. The main component is chalcedony.
Ground flintstones are used in a glass and ceramic industry. They are also used for production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Striped flintstones are used to make some jewellery and stone fancy products.
The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were extracted during 3,500-1,600 BC.
There are only two explored deposits of flintstones (Bocheniec and Tokarnia) near Kielce (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship). They have not been exploited so far.
Anticipated economic resource have not changed since 2014 and amounted to 27.70 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2015
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical, oval or irregular shape. They usually occur as banks among carbonate rocks of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec quarries) or Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica quarries) ages. The main component is chalcedony.
Ground flintstones are used in glass and ceramic industry. They are also used for production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Striped flintstones are used to make some jewellery and stone fancy products.
The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were extracted during 3,500-1,600 BC.
There are only two explored deposits of flintstones (Bocheniec and Tokarnia) near Kielce (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship). They have not been exploited so far.
Anticipated economic resource have not changed since 2014 and amounted to 27.7 thousand tonnes (Table 1).
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2014
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical or oval or irregular shape. They usually occur as banks among carbonate rocks of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) or Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. The main component is chalcedony.
Ground flintstones are used in glass and ceramic industry. They are also used for production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Striped flintstones are used to make some jewellery and stone fancy products.
The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were extracted during 3,500-1,600 BC.
There are only two explored deposits of flintstones (Bocheniec and Tokarnia) near Kielce (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship). They have not been exploited so far.
Anticipated economic resource have not changed since 2013 and amounted to 27.7 thousand tonnes.
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2013
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical or oval or irregular shape. They usually occur as banks among carbonate rocks of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) or Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. The main component is chalcedony.
Ground flintstones are used in glass and ceramic industry. They are also used for production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Striped flintstones are used to make some jewellery and stone fancy products.
The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were extracted during 3,500-1,600 BC.
There are only two explored deposits of flintstones (Bocheniec and Tokarnia) near Kielce (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) which have not been exploited so far.
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2012
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical or oval or irregular shape. They usually occur as banks among carbonate rocks of the Jurassic (Zakrzówek, Julianka and Siedlec querries) or Cretaceous (Janików, Karsy, Mielnik and Kornica querries) ages. The main component is chalcedony.
Ground flintstones are used in glass nad ceramic industry. They are also used for production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Striped flintstones are used to make some jewellery and stone fancy products.
The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were extracted during 3,500-1,600 BC.
There are only two explored deposits of flintstones (Bocheniec and Tokarnia) near Kielce (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) have not been exploited so far.
Prepared by: Dariusz Brzeziński
2011
Flintstones are silica concretion balls of spherical or oval or irregular shape. They usually occur as banks among carbonate rocks of the Jurassic or Cretaceous ages. The main constituent is chalcedony.
Ground flintstones are used in glass nad ceramic industry. They are also used for production of facings, millstones for rolling mills and flint abrasives. Striped flintstones are used to make some jewellery and stone fancy products.
The most famous accumulation is Krzemionki Opatowskie, located near Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where flintstones were extracted during 3,500-1,600 BC.
The only two explored deposits of flintstones near Kielce (in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) have not been exploited so far. The total anticipated economic resources of these deposits amount to 28 thousand tonnes.
Prepared by: Elżbieta Tołkanowicz