Taff's Well Quarry

Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Taff’s Well Quarry is an aggregate quarry northwest of Cardiff which exploits carboniferous limestone. It is famous amongst mineral collectors for stepped calcite.

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The unusual stepped Calcite from the site is very popular amongst calcite collectors especially.

The site is a SSSI as of February 2012 due to the interesting mineralisation.

 

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