Locality
57°50´ east longitude, 20°55´ south latitiude [ map ]
Name
Mauritius
Personal relationship of donor
vacation souvenir
Geological relevance of location
Corals have formed reefs in warm seas since the Devonian. Modern coral families can be traced only back into the Mesozoic, however.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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beach sand with coral remains
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Colour
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white
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Age
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Holocene
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Donor
Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany