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Book 4/13/10

Locality
16°32´40" east longitude, 26°19´58" south latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Pad C 13 Aus - Maltahöhe, Namibia, Afrika

Historical relevance of location
Red sand collected at a car track which is crossing the Namib desert. The well passable track runs through an isolated landscape at the eastern edge of the desert. The sand was pulverised by the tires of cars and mixed with other rock grains.

Classification of the earth
Structure mixture of quartz sand and rock grains
Colour red-orange
Age Recent

Donor

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

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