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Boulby, North Yorkshire

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: jet.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Jurassic cliffs and jet

High Cleveland cliffs documented for ammonites, jet and pyrite along the alum shale coast.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Very high cliffs, rockfall, tides

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