Locality
9°59´ east longitude, 56°39´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Dania chalk quarry, Mariager, Danmark, Europa

Personal relationship of donor
Rock collection - Denmark

Historical relevance of location
Cretaceous rocks are exposed along the coast of Denmark. They are quarried as lime and cement raw materials, filler, and a inexpensive white pigment.

Geological relevance of location
Thick layers of light-colored limestone were formed in the warm Cretaceous seas in the present northwestern Europe from unicellular algae with calcareous cell walls.

Classification of the earth

Structure	Chalk and chalk marl
Colour	white
Age	Late Cretaceous

Donor

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