Locality
10°5´ east longitude, 51°12´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Blaue Kuppe near Eschwege, Hessen, Germany, Europa
Historical relevance of location
The \\\'Blaue Kuppe\\\' had a key position in the fundamen-tal discussion between \\\'neptunists\\\' and \\\'plutonists\\\' at the end of the eighteenth century.
Geological relevance of location
Site of intrusion of basaltic magma and partial melting of its wall rocks to \\\'buchite\\\' (sluggish pulp of sand-stone)
Classification of the earth
Structure
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associated basalt and buchite, milled
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Age
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about 15 Million years (Miocene)
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Donor
Dr. Klaus-Peter Burgath,
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Hannover,
Germany