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Winterswijk Quarry, Netherlands

Fossil site Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: bivalves, reptile tracks, celestine.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Triassic Muschelkalk fossils

Well-documented Middle Triassic quarry famous for reptile tracks, fossils, pyrite and celestine.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Active quarry, water pits

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