Locality
12°20´ east longitude, 51°38´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Bitterfeld, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
Region of winning of the Middle Germany\'s brown coal and importand location of chemical industry.

Geological relevance of location
In the late seventies of 20th century a new deposit of amber was found during the mining of brown coal. This amber is approx. 12 Million years younger (biostratigraphical and isotopic age determination) than Baltic amber. There are a lot of amber inclusions with excellent conservation of animal and plants.

Classification of the earth

Structure	amber
Colour	yellow. light brown
Age	Tertiary, Miocene, ca 22 million years

Donor

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Office Berlin,
 Germany