European Journal of Mineralogy
European Journal of Mineralogy
European Journal of Mineralogy
Articles | Volume 33, issue 4
Articles | Volume 33, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-373-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-373-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 33, issue 4
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14 Jul 2021
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A remarkable discovery of electrum on the island of Sylt, northern Germany, and its Scandinavian origin

Jochen Schlüter, Stephan Schuth, Raúl O. C. Fonseca, and Daniel Wendt

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On the west coast of the German North Sea island of Sylt, an electrum–quartz pebble weighing 10.4 g was discovered in a cliff of Saalian glaciogenic sediments. This is an unusually large and rare precious metal to find. Within our paper we document and characterize this discovery. An attempt to investigate its provenance points towards a southern Norwegian origin. This leads to the conclusion that ice advance events were involved in transporting this pebble from Norway to Germany.
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