Locality
7°53´ east longitude, 54°12´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Isle of Helgoland, North Sea, Germany
Historical relevance of location
Sandstone containing copper minerals: It is possible that native copper and copper ores from the rocks of Helgoland were used to obtain the metal at the Stone Age/Bronze Age transition in NW Europe.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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sandstone
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Colour
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reddish green
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Age
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Triassic
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Donor
Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany