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ammonite Schloenbachia varians (SOWERBY) with fused glass shard
99 - 96 million years ago
UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein
Essen, Germany
Fire and water: The natural science collection of the former RUHRLANDMUSEUM was severely damaged by bombing during the Second World War. A glass fragment is fused on the surface of the small Cretaceous ammonite. It could have been restored. But the geologist CARL WEIDMANN was farsighted enough to give it a new meaning in the collection of damaged pieces.
Details
- Title: ammonite Schloenbachia varians (SOWERBY) with fused glass shard
- Date Created: 99 - 96 million years ago
- Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr area, probably Unna-Billmerich Upper Cretaceous, Lower – Middle Cenomanian, Essen Grünsand Formation (“Essen Grünsand”)
- Rights: © Ruhr Museum; Photo: Rainer Rothenberg
- Width: 4.5cm
- Height: 3cm
- Depth: 1.5cm
- Collection: Natural Science, Ruhr Museum
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