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Locality
7°20´ east longitude, 52°28´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Emsland, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Bog iron ore is an enrichment of hydrous iron oxides formed in the soil in waterlogged ground and used in the past as iron ore and as a building stone. It is formed by precipitation from near-surface groundwater.

Classification of the earth
Structure Earthy to stony material locally showing root structure
Colour brownish yellow
Age Holocene, probably less than 5000 years
other Bog iron ore, since it was easy to dig, was used up to recent times for smelting to obtain iron.

Donor

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

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