STEINERNES MEER
Geological Lexicon
UPPER RHAETIAN LIMESTONE: This pale limestone is approximately 220 million years old. It was created in a similar way to the Barrier Reef, corals in front and lagoons behind providing a habitat for snails and mussels. The sea created this sedimentary stone from their shells and chalk deposits.
RED LIAS: this limestone also gives the Rote Wand (Red Wall) mountain its name, is approximately 200 million years old and contains some iron. The main fossils are ammonites and belemnites. 34
CALCITE: A “joint filler” which fills out hollows such as crevices in limestone. Aragonite, which is made up of mussel and snail shells, is crystallised into calcite. Coral branches are also filled with this crystalline white material.
AMMONITE: Ammonites are cephalopods that became extinct around 70 million years ago, with shallow, spiral shells,
