Locality
15°24´ east longitude, 24°40´10" south latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Sossusvlei, Namib desert, Namibia, Afrika

Geological relevance of location
This sample stems from the dune sea around Sossusvlei, which is one of the main attractions for Namibia visitors in the middle Namib desert. The red dunes with heights up to 300 m count to the highest on earth. This type of star shaped dunes is formed by wind blowing from changing directions.

Classification of the earth

Structure	quartz sand
Colour	red-orange
Age	Recent
other	product of granite weathering

Donor

Dr. Klaus Knödel,
 Gerhard Lange,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany