Hikers stand in front of one of the greatest geological treasures of South Limburg and perhaps the whole of the Netherlands. This is the only place in the Netherlands where rock from the Carboniferous (about 300 million years old) comes to the surface.
Hikers look straight into prehistory! Stone used to be mined in the quarry for the construction of roads and houses, until naturalist Eli Heimans (1861-1914) discovered fossils in the coal.
Because he was so passionate about all the treasures of this region, this quarry was named after him. In 1911 he wrote 'Uit ons Krijtland', which put the Geuldal on the map with the general public.
In the dark stone in the quarry there is a good chance that one can discover a real fossil from the Carboniferous period. There are mainly many prints of plants, but here and there also of prehistoric animals. This is a unique geological monument!
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