Hartcliffe Rocks
Felton, Winford, North Somerset, England, UK
A former aggregate quarry cutting into carboniferous limestone, which also produced a range of mineral specimens.
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The site has been a SSSI since 1991.
Specimens of baryte, calcite, various iron ores and quartz have been found at the site. Sometimes, the site produces the quartz known locally as ‘bristol Diamonds’.
The Scottish Geology Trust has a good writeup of the site, which is linked below.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-4850.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartcliff_Rocks_Quarry
- https://geoguide.scottishgeologytrust.org/p/gcr/gcr36/gcr36_hartcliffrocksquarry
If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
North Somerset- Clevedon Beach, Clevedon, North Somerset
- Hartcliffe Rocks, Felton, Winford, North Somerset
- Stancombe Quarry, Flax Bourton, North Somerset
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