Locality
9°65´ east longitude, 53°76´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Elmshorn, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
At the end of the relatively warm Pliocene period, white kaolin sand was deposited in northern Germany. The sand is a product of erosion of a thick weathering crust formed in a warm, humid climate. The feldspar grains in the sand are partially altered to the clay mineral kaolin.

Classification of the earth

Structure	sand and gravel
Colour	light grey
Age	Tertiary

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany