Locality
11°4´43" east longitude, 52°11´47" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Salzstock Morsleben, Germany, Europa

Historical relevance of location
The sample stems out of the final repository for radioactive waste (ERA) Morsleben, a radioactive waste disposal, which is located in the geological formation Zechstein. In former times the mine was used for potash mining. During the Second World War there was a factory for weapons. Later on cockerels were fattenend underground.

Classification of the earth

Structure	mineral salt
Colour	light grey
Age	Zechstein

Donor

Ingo Plischke,
 Hannes Redecke,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany