Locality
11°4´43" east longitude, 52°11´47" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Salzstock Morsleben, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
The sample stems out of the final repository for radioactive waste (ERA) Morsleben, a radioactive waste disposal, which is located in the geological formation Zechstein. In former times the mine was used for potash mining. During the Second World War there was a factory for weapons. Later on cockerels were fattenend underground.

Classification of the earth

Structure	mineral salt
Colour	grey-white
Age	Zechstein

Donor

Ingo Plischke,
 Hannes Redecke,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany