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Kreis SoestAnröchteAnröchter Stein Rocky Outcrop
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Arnsberg District
Kreis SoestAnröchteAnröchter Stein Rocky Outcrop
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Anröchter Stein Rocky Outcrop
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Heike
May 18, 2021
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There are two different colored natural stones from the Anröchter stone, which is often incorrectly referred to as the Anröchter dolomite. There is a green type, also called green sandstone, green stone, and a bluish type, Anröchter blue. It is a limestone deposit that is extracted in the Soester Börde. These natural stones come from the Turonium, a level of the Upper Cretaceous.
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Anröchte was already well known for stone quarrying in the Middle Ages. The stone was created around 120 million years ago. It owes its color to the mineral glauconite. Further …
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