DolomiteAberpergwm Colliery, Glyn-Neath, Neath-Port Talbot, Wales, UK
UK Grid Reference: SN862063
Latitude: 51°44'36"N
Longitude: 3°38'54"W
The drift mine was reopened in 1996 after being closed by British Coal in 1985. It is owned and worked by Energybuild, a private company now wholly owned by Walter Energy of the USA (as of April 2011).
Located in the Vale of Neath near Glynneath.
Minute crystals of carbonate-fluorapatite in a siderite-lined cavity in ironstone were verified by XRD at the Natural History Museum, London. This represents the first record of carbonate-fluorapatite in the south Wales coalfield.
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