Colemans Quarry
Colemans Quarry,
.The Colemans Quarry complex comprises four pits separated by three roads (including the A361)
The quarry exhibits pale to dark grey Black Rock, Vallis and Clifton Down Groups of
Upper Triassic and Jurassic vertebrate remains.[1]
There are abundant shelly fossils and corals.
It came to fame in 1858 when a geologist named Moore purchased three tons of fissure filling, and then spent 3 years sifting and sorting and separated more than one million fossils including 27 small mammal teeth.[2]
Minerals found at the site include Calcite, Goethite, Purple Fluorite, Baryte, Galena, Rhodochrosite and Manganese minerals.
See also
References
- ^ "Colemans Quarry Geodiversity". Somerset County Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
- ^ "Colemans Quarry". Essex Rock & Mineral Society Field Trip. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2007.