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United Kingdom, England
Frosterley, Weardale (Frosterley Marble)
Fossil site Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Fossils
MarblesPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: fossil coral 'marble'
Historic quarries documented for Frosterley Marble, a black limestone packed with Dibunophyllum corals.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Old quarry faces
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