Ern Jacoby's photos with the keyword: rocks

Some more stones from my homeland. In front you see plenty of shells, sediment rock composition. Minette is a type of mineral deposit, consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine. Minette ore was deposited in the Early and Middle Jurassic.The term "Minette" came from French miners. It is a diminutive form of "la mine", and might be translated as "little mine“ because of relatively poor iron content of between 28% and 34%.

Müllertal Luxembourg: Jurassic Sandstone

Cornwalll UK

Cornwall UK cheesewings megalith

Eifel Germany: volcanic bomb

Luxemburger Sandstein, Müllertal: Einschlüsse im Sedimentgestein, durch Verwitterung sichtbar

Ferschweiler Plateau near Echternach Luxembourg, Ernzen Germany: Neolithic goddess worship place. Original position unfortunately destroyed during world war II’

Tyrol Austria: Eroded erraticum

Cornwall UK: cornish cliff granite. The intrusion of the granite gave rise to extensive metamorphism and mineralisation and this led to Cornwall being one of the most important mining areas in Europe until the early 20th century.

Jurassic Sandstone Luxembourg

Granite Sweden