A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Lithographic limestone, Solenhofen, Germany |
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| Description | The Jurassic Solenhofen Limestone is famous for the spectacular museum-quality fossils it produces. It is quarried as building stone, and fossils are found when slabs split along seams. This limestone is exceptionally fine grained, and is termed “lithographic” because it has been used as a medium for painting and printing. This specimen is 10 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Jurassic |
| Lithostratigraphy | Solenhofen Limestone |
| Location | Germany. Near Munich. Southern Germany. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-05-21. |
| Collection | Ward’s University Rock Collection #153. |
| Key words | Solenhofen, limestone, lithographic |
| Tech details | 631 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera, 60mm Nikon AF micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 485 |
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