A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Lithographic limestone |
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| Description | This is a sample of the famous Solenhofen Limestone (late Jurassic), a lithographic limestone from Germany. Lithographic limestones are dense, homogeneous and exceptionally fine grained. This stone is quarried as building stone and also because it contains some spectacular fossils. Note the circular stains caused by students conducting tests for the presence of calcite using hydrochloric acid. |
| Location | Germany. Near Zollen Hoffen. |
| Photographer | Twyla Baker. 2001-06-11. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #615. |
| Key words | Lithographic limestone, limestone, Solenhofen, Germany |
| Tech details | 647 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 685 |
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