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The fossils at Horstberg limestone quarry
As I wrote in a previous post, Harz region has been born from a sea bottom several hundreds of millions years ago. The remains of seashells and other marine animals have piled up and turned into a...
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Anhydrite deposits at Questenberg
Questenberg is a small village with 350 inhabitants in the southern Harz and we just learned about it from the Geopark Harz leaflet no. 12. The village was mentioned in the guide for the presence of...
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Geological open-air museum in Tharandt
The Tharandt Forest is one of the biggest forests in Saxony located at only 20 km west of Dresden. These two reasons gave us sufficient motivation for a one-day trip during the prolonged Pentecost...
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The nature way from mud to sand
Shale (in German: Schiefer) is the name used for a sedimentary rock made of… mud (actually a mix of clay and some other minerals like quartz and calcite). The fine-graded rock can be broken into...
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What is your city made of?
Did you ever ask yourself what is your city made of? I mean the historical buildings, there where concrete, glass or metal have not been in use as in today’s buildings. Well, I must confess that I...
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10 different sands, one single location
Today we did another hike in Saxon Switzerland mountains (Sächsische Schweiz) just less than one hour drive from Dresden. Together with the Bohemian Switzerland (Böhmische Schweiz), the area belongs to...
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Sand with foraminifera from Istria
Several weeks ago I received a sand sample from Istria, Croatia. Unfortunately I don’t have any more details about the location but the sample got my attention nowadays due to a small label that said:...
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Last days I came across this great clip on youtube about sand saltation. The author used a macro lens and captured on digital support the movement of sand particles on desert dunes. An extraordinary...
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Foraminifera sand from the Isle of Wight
One of my last samples comes from Isle of Wight, more exactly from the beach at Brookgreen (approx. location: 50°39’04″N 1°27’31″W). The sand has lots of foraminifera, maybe one day I’ll try to...
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