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⇱ Marcasite from Houns Tout, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK

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Marcasite from
Houns Tout, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK

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Locality type:Headland
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Houns Tout, Corfe Castle, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:818088
Long-form Identifier:1:3:818088:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
3.9km (2.4 miles) ⓘClavell's Hard, Kimmeridge, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
6.5km (4.0 miles) ⓘBrandy Bay, Steeple with Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
9.1km (5.7 miles) ⓘWorbarrow Bay, Steeple with Tyneham, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘSt Oswalds Bay, West Lulworth, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘWhite Nothe, Osmington, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
53.4km (33.2 miles) ⓘEast Ebb Cove (incl. Thorncombe Beacon), Seatown, Chideock, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
69.3km (43.1 miles) ⓘCulver Cliff, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, UK
79.6km (49.5 miles) ⓘGurney Slade Quarry, Binegar, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
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73 THE PETROGRAPHY OF THE PORTLAND SAND OF DORSET. By}l. P. LAITER, B.A ., F .G.S . [R ead May lSI, '...Memoir of the Geological Survey on the Isle of Purbeck, very little detailed petrological work has been...the Upper Kimmeridge Clay and Portland Sand of England generally. The primary basis of the location of...H . SaHeld, Certain Upper Jurassic St ra ta of England, Q.].G.S., Ixix. ('9'3), pp, 423- 432. t G. W....however, to an account of its petrography in the Dorset area, it may be treated as a definitely separate
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