Dean Quarry

St Keverne, Cornwall, England, UK

Dean Quarry is a former aggregate quarry worked until 2005 which occasionally provided some mineral specimens.

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Mindat lists over 20 minerals from the site, particularly specimens of analcime, natrolite, stilbite, prehnite and calcite.

More recently, developers attempted to turn the site into a ‘mega quarry’, but the appliccation was turned down.

 

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If you are interested in other classic British locales we may have stock from the following locales.

British locales

I have only included the pieces attributed to specific places; not simply 'Weardale' for example.
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Angus, Scotland Bridgend, Wales Ceredigion, Wales Conwy, Wales Cornwall County Durham Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Dumfries and Galloway Gloucestershire Highlands Kent Lanarkshire Lancashire Leicestershire Norfolk North Ayrshire North Somerset North Yorkshire Shropshire Somerset Vale of Glamorgan West Midlands  

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