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Frizington / Egremont, Cumbria

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: Kidney-ore haematite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Carboniferous Limestone, iron-ore (haematite) deposits

Source of superb 'kidney ore' and Cumberland quartz.

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