Locality
9°69´ east longitude, 52°2´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Weenzen quarry, Germany, Europa

Geological relevance of location
Sulphur: The sample is from an unusual occurrence of elemental sulphur in northern Germany formed by bacteria from gypsum deposited in an evaporating sea during the Permian.

Classification of the earth

Structure	native sulphur
Colour	yellow
Age	Permian

Donor

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