GeologyRocks

Hello, and welcome to GR.  

We would be delighted to help you expand your geological knowledge...... but we do not answer your assignments or course work for you.  So if you genuinely seek knowledge - ask away.  You'll get all the help we can give.

Where abouts are you?  There is almost certainly a geological society in your county.  If I don't know it, I can ask the Geologist Association for the nearest to you.

I can't tell you much about mineral & fossil shows in the north of England or Scotland, but in the south there is the Southampton show in a fortnight at Lyndhurst in the New Forest.

Then there is the Dudley show at the end of September, followed by the Bakewell Rock Exchange (Derbyshire) in mid Oct.  That's a big one with all the northern and southern dealers meeting up.  We dealers have a good time, and can only hope the public does as well!  They seem to as we see the same faces year after year.

2nd Nov is the Geologist Association Re-union (or the Festival of Geology as they seem to now call it) at UCL.  Free entry to anyone.

There is the Amateur Geologists Association Bazaar in Finchley towards the end of November.

 There may be someone on here who is versed in star gazing.  Personally I am a gongoozaler.  Its a Wiltshire word for someone who sits on the canal bank and watches the narrow boats.

 John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

Hello and welcome from me too.  I've got a mixed bag of interests apart from geology: birdwatching, caving, climbing, chess, and extreme death metal, but apart from looking at the sky now and again through my spotting scope I don't know much about astronomy - it's too big for my little brain.

Thanks for the welcome! Of course I don't expect anyone to do my geology work for me.

I live in the South Wales area. A few months ago I went on a trip to Southerndown  beach . Lots of interesting geology there! 

South Wales is full of interesting geology - so is Central and North Wales!

There is an excellent mapping area not far from Llandovery.  I did  my first map there doing A level and subsequently  have taken A level students back there to do theirs.

Gower has got some great features.  Taffs Well and Machen Quarry are good sources of barite, calcite, galena and other lesser known minerals.

Have you seen the dino footprints and unconformity at Barry Island?

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

You want to also go to Freshwater east beach in Pembrokeshire.  There's a thin band of what is known as rottenstone which is packed with Silurian fossils.  Several exposures around Haverfordwest are good too for brachiopods and corals but you should check with the RIGS (Regionally Important Geological Sites) internet site for the areas you're intending to visit as some of the exposures are SSSIs.  And if you want to find some really good graptolites try the railway cutting at Spittal but watch out for the trains!  Not that I would encourage anyone to do anything illegal like trespassing on railways....