Locality
10°60´ east longitude, 51°58´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Kutz smelter near Walkenried, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Gypsum: On the south side of the Harz Mts. there are extensive gypsum occurrences, deposited in an evaporating sea. Gypsum mining and landscape protection compete for land use.

Classification of the earth

Structure	gypsum
Colour	white-grey
Age	Permian

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany