Locality
11°6´56" east longitude, 51°50´29" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Harsleben, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
The sample is a friable sandstone of Creataceous age. The iron bearing mineral Limonit gives the rock the typical yellow-ockrebrown color. It is used as building material.

Classification of the earth

Colour	yellow to ochrebrown
Age	Upper Cretaceous

Donor

Victor Bohnenstein,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany