BertyBasset
10 years ago
Not of major importance, but if anyone fancies a challenge. Any idea which slate quarry this is filmed ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30012854 
exspelio
10 years ago
Says the reporter is in Darmstadt.

Didn't know comets where made of slate!;D
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crickleymal
10 years ago
"exspelio" wrote:

Says the reporter is in Darmstadt.

Didn't know comets where made of slate!;D



Yes but Darmstadt is where the control centre is, not the quarry I think.
They're using the quarry to illustrate what they think the surface of the comet is like not what it's made of. Hmm..... metamorphic comets
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Roy Morton
10 years ago
Metamorphic comets?....................sedmentary my dear Watson. :lol:
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BertyBasset
10 years ago
That does look slatey. In fact it slmost looks Welsh slatey. Not sure what the geology around Darmstadt is.
Peter Burgess
10 years ago
Well, NOT Welsh slatey - a chance it might be German slatey, I suppose.
simonrl
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10 years ago
If it's not local to where the article was posted from (i.e. not Germany) then from the purple and green banding it looks a bit Dinorwic-ish, back of Allt Ddu? But then again it looks like pretty much any disused surface slate quarry 😉
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BertyBasset
10 years ago
Not much when you google german slate, but as you say colour does look familiar.
simonrl
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10 years ago
I just Googled

Darmstadt slate quarry

That was helpful 😉
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RJV
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10 years ago
Oh, I got zilch results for that as a specific search!

There was reference to nearby quarrying for bituminous shale with a picture of a distinctly non-slatey landscape.
BertyBasset
10 years ago
Yes I found stuff on limestone fossil pits, but not slate.
BertyBasset
10 years ago
It appears to have landed.
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10 years ago
Yep - it's down and safe. Awesome news. Hopefully some photos in a few hours.
Yorkshireman
10 years ago
Very probably near the RKM (Riekratermuseum) - they have close connections to the Max Planck Institute. They are responsible for the development of the dust-analyzer of COSIMA (Comentary Secondary Ion Mass Analyzer) and it was tested in quarries close to the museum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rieskrater_Museum 
Wyn
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10 years ago
Another possibility is it could be in the Taunus, there are slate quarries there. Both the Taunas and Darmstadt are in Hesse.

Also the Hunsruck isn't too far away, some famous slate quarries there (for fossils), incidentally with underground workings as well (featured in the film/series 'Heimat')
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