Locality
5°55´ east longitude, 44°12´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Le Coulet, near Sisteron, France, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Glaukonite sand from the oxygen-poor sea-floor of the Tethys Ocean (a predecessor-ocean of the modern Mediterranean Sea)

Classification of the earth

Structure	sandy
Colour	dark green
Age	112 m. y.

Donor

Dr. Jochen Erbacher,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany