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Solnhofen Limestone
Limestone · Germany
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GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE REGIONGermany
Bavaria · Franconian Jura
48.93°, 11.20° · View on globe ↗What makes it distinct
Manual extraction, Archaeopteryx fossils and the invention of lithography connect one Bavarian bed to science and print culture.
Selection & use
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Floors, walls, fireplaces and protected counters where carbonate behavior is understood.
Commercial marble labels can hide limestone geology and acid sensitivity.
Geology & trade names
Fine platy Tithonian lithographic limestone
Solnhofen Limestone