| Locality type: | Beach |
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| Species: | Sphalerite |
| Formula: | ZnS |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
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| Calcite | ⓘ2 photos of Sphalerite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sphalerite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Eype Beach, Eype, Symondsbury, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 824326 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:824326:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 02da5f8b-e916-4638-a8c2-305b00d94e71 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite |
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| 18.8km (11.7 miles) | ⓘHaven Cliff, Axmouth, East Devon, Devon, England, UK |
| 33.5km (20.8 miles) | ⓘPeak Hill, Sidmouth, East Devon, Devon, England, UK |
| 46.0km (28.6 miles) | ⓘBrandy Bay, Steeple with Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK |
| 60.8km (37.8 miles) | ⓘWheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK |
| 60.9km (37.9 miles) | ⓘColemans Quarry, Nunney, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK |
| 61.2km (38.0 miles) | ⓘKilve Beach, Kilve, Somerset West and Taunton, Somerset, England, UK |
| 61.3km (38.1 miles) | ⓘGurney Slade Quarry, Binegar, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK |
| 61.9km (38.4 miles) | ⓘHalecombe Quarry, Leigh-on-Mendip, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK |
| 63.6km (39.5 miles) | ⓘWhatley Quarry, Whatley, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK |
| 65.4km (40.6 miles) | ⓘKilmersdon Colliery Dump, Radstock, Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Book | | Trip to Charmouth – “The cliffs and beach at Charmouth in Dorset are a good hunting ground for several...on his caving experiences in various parts of England and illustrated it with a splendid set of colour...the recovery of diamonds from ancient beach deposits in South West Africa, where vast quantities of sand...and a pendant. Mem bers on a 1976 Field Trip to Dorset 17 18 Nov: Talk on Minerals by Chris Pollard...galena, fluorite, quartz, hematite, malachite, sphalerite, calcite and also using a UV lamp to demonstrate |
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Eype Beach, Eype, Symondsbury, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK