Locality
179°26´ east longitude, 43°28´ south latitiude   [ map ]

Name
East of New Zealand, Pacific

Geological relevance of location
Phosphorite is the most important raw material for the phosphate fertilizer industry. Phosphorite forms below fertile upwelling regions by slow accretion of phosphate released from decaying organic material.

Classification of the earth

Structure	phosphorite gravel
Colour	dark grey
Age	12 Million years
other	440 m waterdepth

Donor

Dr. Hermann-Rudolf Kudraß,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany