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Pyrite from
Aust Cliff, Aust, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, UK


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aust Cliff, Aust, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:139393
Long-form Identifier:1:3:139393:4
GUID (UUID V4):ac5aee34-285a-4664-abc3-226f6dfb9ebe
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
9.6km (6.0 miles) Woodleaze Quarry, Tytherington, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, UK
12.5km (7.7 miles) Cromhall Quartzite Quarry, Cromhall, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, UK
16.8km (10.5 miles) Chipping Sodbury Quarry (Hampstead Farm Quarry), Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, UK
20.9km (13.0 miles) Goldcliff, Newport, Wales, UK
21.7km (13.5 miles) Wick Quarry, Wick and Abson, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, UK
24.0km (14.9 miles) Clevedon Beach, Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK
36.0km (22.4 miles) Batts Coombe Quarry, Cheddar, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
40.5km (25.2 miles) Marine Colliery, Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK
42.2km (26.2 miles) Blaengwynlais Quarry, Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, UK
42.4km (26.4 miles) Bargoed Colliery, Bargoed, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rhaetian of the M4–M5 motorway junction, South Gloucestershire, U.K. Tiffany S. Slater a, Christopher J...Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK 146 Church Hill...8NF, UK d Earth Science Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK b c...taken around the M4–M5 motorway junction in SW England provide measured sections with multiple Rhaetian...of central Europe, from Poland to France and the UK. This is documented widely in geological sections
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rhaetian bone beds of Manor Farm Quarry, near Aust (Bristol, UK) Harry Allard a, Simon C. Carpenter b, Christopher...of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK 25 Innox Hill, Frome, Somerset BA11 2LW, UK c 146 Church Hill Road, Sutton...8NF, UK d Earth Science Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK b A...the entire Rhaetian section typical of southwest England. It has yielded a standard Rhaetian marine fauna...Triassic-Jurassic boundary exposed at Aust Cliff, near Bristol, SW England (Fig. 1), is one of the most evocative
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rhaetian vertebrates of Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, UK, a comparative study Rebecca J. Lakin...University of Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK 146 Church Hill Road, Sutton, Surrey SM3 8NF, UK c Earth Sciences Department...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK b A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article...the basal bone bed of the Westbury Formation of England, documenting a fauna dominated by fishes that existed...Myr ago. Two sites near Chipping Sodbury, south Gloucestershire, Barnhill Quarry and Chipping Sodbury railway
Book
Q. Bowen 3. Caledonian Structures in Britain South of the Midland Valley Edited by J.E. Treagus 4...Emeleus and M.C. Gyopari 5. Igneous Rocks of South-West England PA. Floyd, C.S. Exley and M.T. Styles 6...Quaternary of the Thames 8. Marine Permian of England Edited by J.E. Gordon and D.G. Sutherland D.R...Edited by KJ. Gregory 14. Quaternary of South-West England S. Campbell, C.O. Hunt, J.D. Scourse, D.H...Palmer and N.H. Woodcock 20. Precambrian Rocks of England and Wales J.N. Carney, J.M. Horak, T.C. Pharaoh
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Starting with a general account of the geology of Gloucestershire and the reasons for its special attractions...often the loveliest-sites in the area. Wainlode Cliff, Bredon Hill, Leckhampton Hill, Oeeve Hill and Birdlip...COTSWOLDS IN TH E SAME SERIES Geolo9y Ex plained in South and East Devon and Geolo9y Ex plained: Dartmoor...Valley by W illiam Dreghorn Geology Ex plained in South W ales by T. R. Owen Geology Ex plained in North...Explained in the Lake District Geology Explained in South Shropshire GEOLOGY EXPLAINED IN THE SEVERN VALE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK 146 Church Hill Road, Sutton, Surrey SM3 8NF, UK c Earth Science Department...Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK b A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article...distance from shore. In the Mendip Hills of southwest England, some Rhaetian bone beds lie unconformably on Carboniferous...1994). In the Mendip Hills, the Bristol area and South Wales, folded Palaeozoic rocks represented topographic...that runs from Frome to Shepton Mallet in Somerset (UK National Grid Reference ST 73114485). Its current
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
southeast Devon coast northwards into Somerset and South Wales and thence northeastwards to Nottinghamshire...still awaited (e.g. Hallam, 1990). In Somerset and South Wales the Langport Member also includes overlying...'White Lias' outcrops chiefly in southern England and South Wales but extends in a narrow belt in a northwesterly...northwesterly direction to Wigston, south of Leicester (Hains & Horton, 1969). In the Midlands it has...demonstrated at representative localities from south to north. Minor shale beds are omitted. Modified
Report (edition)
Tortworth 2 3 15 15 4. Section from north to south across the Silurian Inlier of Tortworth 5. The...vertical sections of the Rhætic Series in Gloucestershire 43 and Somerset 44 16. Comparative vertical...vertical sections of the Lower and Middle Lias in Gloucestershire and Somerset 47 50 17. Sections across the...folded and 24 - faulted Keuper Marls 34 B. Aust Cliff : General view showing red and green Trias Marls...overlain by Rhætic beds – 34 VII. Nibley Knoll, Gloucestershire: A view of the Cotteswold Scarp with subsidiary
Book
COUNCIL Items should be returned to any Gloucestershire County Library on.or before the date stamped...College, Cheltenham, now the University of Gloucestershire, he published Geology Explained in the Severn...Antiquities of Kyrenia and Antiquities of Nicosia. Gloucestershire County Council 992620105 9 Askews 18-Dec-2007...INTRODUCTION 1 1 6 THE JURASSIC SYSTEM OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE Clays, sands and limestones » the Lower Lias...Lias clay « age ofthe Ichthyosaurus 2 WAINLODE CLIFF 12 The Red Cliffs at Wainlode « the Tea Green
Catalog/List
as crystals. Beltana mine, North flinders ranges South Australia a) ,brown micros on about 5mm £7.50 b)...orange FLUORESENCE short-wave FLUORESCENT white (South Devon) 2x3 £7 50. WAVELLITE white masses and small...Cornwall £5 59. VIVIANITE small dark cleavages on lxl pyrite Wheal Jane Cornwall £7 60. CALCITE rhombic crystals...I guess a breccio-conglomerate 4x2.5 Aust cliff Gloucestershire £3 72. Explosion BRECCIA, white fragments...twinning lines.about one inch size, near Frobost, South Uist Scotland 2.5xl £5 77. GNEISS/PEG MA TITE coarse
Book
978-0-9574530-5-0 Published by Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, UK This and related titles are available directly from...Dean Lomax is a palaeontologist from Doncaster, England. Dean works on palaeontological projects across...Visiting Scientist at The University of Manchester, UK and an Honorary Research Associate at Doncaster Museum...They have appeared in TV shows such as QI in the UK and in museum temporary exhibits such as in the Yale...Rhaetian fissure fills in Wales and western-central England: Is Agnosphitys a primitive dinosaur?........
Report (issue)
formation of ·· · the Rocks of South Wales and South Western England'. The primary 6-in. survey of the...Petrographer. Geological Survey Office, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, S.W.7. 25th July, 1960. W.... 67 S.E. 68 N.W. 68 N.E. 68 s.w. 68 S.E. GLOUCESTERSHIRE Hope Mansel .. Mitcheldean • • Englisl1 Bicknor...Severn • • Rockhampton • • • • Mathern Beachley-Aust • • Sudbrook-English Stones • ♦ • • • • • •...falls within Gloucestershire. High ground, which, however, is cut by the River Wye, trends south-westwards
Report (edition)
sections of the Urwer Carboniferous of Somerset Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire .. somerset, 7. ShOW:ng...41 Section of railway cutting south of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire .. 59 ^“Ces^"ionth.e UPP“...Radstock, Somerset. VII. Aust Cliff 29 .61 VIII. Stinchcombe Hill, Gloucestershire. A view of the Cotswold...near Limpley Stoke X. .. .. 76 .. 77 The south face of the Mendips seen across the alluvial flats...includes the greater part of the counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset (excluding West Somerset) ; also
Book
A. W. G. Kingsbury LONDON BUTTERWORTHS ■ ENGLAND Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd London: S8 Kingsway...Street Auckland: 35 High Street SOUTH AFRICA Butterworth & Co (South Africa) Ltd Durban: 33/35 Beach...Conservancy, 1970 ISBN 0 40S 70002 5 Printed in England at the Pitman Press, Bath ) I 281495 Contents...Descriptions: Cornwall 17 Devon 39 Dorset 89 Gloucestershire 197 Somerset 217 A Provisional Rough Guide...scientists but mankind in general. Today in south-western England the geologist can examine the strata that
Journal (issue)
Peter Wallace, the long serving Chairman of the South-East Branch has had to step down due to personal...nice crystals? There will be events held around the UK and across the world, but one which caught my attention...some parts of the UK are richer, mineralogically, than others and therefore for the South East Branch I have...have suggested an overview of the whole of the UK. I will be focussing on the period from the mid-eighteenth...was born on 4th August 1942 in Middlesbrough, England, the day on which Middlesbrough Railway Station
Book
Memoir for 1:63 360 geological special sheet (England and Wales) B. Owens A. W. A. Rushton G. Warrington...United Kingdom, South Sheet, 3rd edition, 1979 Quaternary map of the United Kingdom, South Sheet, 1977 Aeromagnetic...No. 5 (Middle) Vein of the Farrington Formation south of the Farmborough Fault 108 31 Comparative vertical...of the principal coals of the Radstock Formation south of the Farrnborough Fault 122 38 Sections showing...Triassic and Jurassic rocks in the section at Aust Cliff 133 11 Dolomitic Conglomerate in Bridge Valley
Book
"ferns" from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England. Specimen dimensions: 32 mm x 28 mm. From the collection...(1987). Gold from Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon, England. The Mineralogical Record, 18-1, 85-88. Russell...Branch, by Trevor Bridges. This was followed by the South-West Branch in 1986, formed by a group of Cornish...Branch by Harry Critchley. Finally in 1995 the South-East Branch was formed by Austin Lockwood bringing...was born on the 18th March 1923 in Leicester, England. He attended the City Boys School, Leicester, and
Catalog/List
Realqar Cinnabar Stibnite Galena, Fluorite and Barvte Pyrite & Marcasite Jamesonite Chalcopyrite Chalcopyrite...Hill, Derbyshire A2 A2 A2 75p 50p £1 £1 Abbots Cliff, Folkestone Mexico (Barstow) Judkins, Warv,ickshire...Whitesmiths Mine, Strontian Galena Italy Stibnite South Crafty, Cornwall Bismuthinite (Fisher) Wheal Fortune...Ladywash, Derbyshire Covelline Arsenopyrite Tremearne Cliff, Cornwall Marcasite Ladywash, Derbyshire Sphalerite...Mine Sphalerite Kit Hill, Cornwall Molybdenite South Crafty, Cornwall Bismuthinite (Carruth) Galena,
Journal (issue)
where sulphuric acid produced by the oxidation of pyrite has reacted with calcareous wall rocks. In the...thick as in the Permian strata (250 Ma) of NE England and Triassic rocks (200 Ma) in Cheshire which provide... A relatively local place to find gypsum is the Aust Cliffs near the old Severn Bridge where you can...for scale For those interested in seeing the Aust Cliff gypsum in situ (when restrictions are lifted)...are an SSSI. I'm old enough to remember taking the Aust-Beachley ferry across the Severn before the first
Book
in 1965. (Al0720). BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY England and Wales D. T. DONOVAN and G. A. KELLAWAY Geology...confined to the south-eastern part of the sheet and to the outlier of Dundry Hill south of Bristol. The...these rocks are chiefly argillaceous, but in the south-east much of the sequence is condensed, comprising...(Kellaway and Welch, 1948, p. 54). It is bounded to the south by the Mendip area, where the Lower Lias is even...lilt:r~::::I:. :'.:I:j Eastwood ""' rflt,.O u· Aust Wokw,, ::':. :::::::;: :~J!!!!!!i•.,.•·•~j:
Report (issue)
eld ST76 With notes on occurrences north and south of the Mendip Hills and in the Vale of Glamorgan...of Bristol with notes on occurrences north and south of the Mendip Hills and in the Vale of Glamorgan:...distribution of the mineral south of Bristol, around the lVIendips and in South Wales. The survey was conducted...Institute of Geological Sciences Exhibition Road South Kensington London S\1/7 2DE 1 June 1976 Any enquiries...'I'ytherington-Winterbourne Michaelwood-Wickwar Thornbury- Oldbury Aust-Henbury Wapley- Bitton Yate-Cro1nhall 14 14 14
Book
S.L. -8 e 1995 | | | | List of ae es ae R Aust ae CC CITC ¥ Dylid dychwelyd eitemau-cyn stampiwyd...complex braided pattern. The coastline lay to the south and was flanked by a tropical sea containing coral...limestones laid down as the sea spread from the south. Gradually the waters became clearer, with the development...Mendips but thickens to over 600 metres to the south. This thickening was probably due to deep faulting...off the Mendips were probably seasonal. To the south, near Puriton, beds of salt accumulated in the evaporating
Journal (issue)
a distance of some 2000 miles overland from the UK. Metal mines in Romania are located within the great...formed including those of quartz, sphalerite and pyrite. David also -5- described how many rare telluride...crystal of Romanian barite (BaSQ4) on quartz and pyrite and a mineral with the appearance of rhodochrosite...Microscopes - Meteorites Specimen: John Pearce • Pyrite: (100mm " 90mm) Climping Beach, Littlehampton...in terms of the older sedimentary rocks in the south of the island; the boundary with the igneous rocks
Report (issue)
ONE-INCH AND QUARTER- INCH GEOLOGICAL MAPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. AVAILABILITY OF ONE-INCH GE OLOGICAL...Old Series hand-coloured one-inch maps cover all England and Wales but are out of print; copies are available...(A)-ENGLAND AND WALES • • • • • • 1. South..Western District • • 2. Bristol-Southampton and South Wales...District 3. East Anglia and South-Eastern District 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. • • South Midlands and Central Wales...• • • • • • • • • • • (B)-SCOTLAND: • • 1. South Lowlands District • • • • 2. North Lowlands District
Journal (issue)
the then Nature Conservancy Council (now Natural England) as part of the team conducting the Geological...equipment for visiting speakers was refused. Gloucestershire Geology Trust's application for £1550 for producing...few areas of Palaeozoic limestones in England that lie well south of the limits of glaciation. These areas...mysterious pebble bed, the scarpland landforms of South Somerset and lastly, but not least, a conserva tion...climates as revealed by the Old Red Sandstone of South Wales); Malcolm Hart, Professor of Micropalaeontology
 
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