Locality
10°15´ east longitude, 52°7´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Sottrum brickworks, Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
Schilfsandstein: The Keuper (the youngest sequence of the Germanic Triassic) contains both claystone and sandstone. The latter was extensively used for fine masonry along the Weser River and in Frankonia.

Classification of the earth

Structure	dune sandstone with fossil plant fragments
Colour	ochre
Age	Triassic

Donor

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