Locality
10°42´ east longitude, 51°89´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Rammelsberg mine, Goslar, Germany, Europa
Historical relevance of location
Goslar owes its prosperity to the thousand years of mining at Rammelsberg.
Geological relevance of location
During Devonian times mineralised springs issued onto the seafloor and formed an ore deposit. The accompanying clays were later metamorphosed to slate.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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calcareous slate
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Colour
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grey
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Age
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Devonian
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Donor
Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany