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Tylorstown: Geology & History/Archaeology

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Tylorstown Tip, Rhondda Fach. View from tops

Burned clay shale from coal measures. Flaky cleavage, Tylorstown tip

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Tylorstown Tip, Rhondda Fach. View from tops

Coal, clay ironstone nodules, shale burned red in internal combustion of tip sidevite veins and crystal layer. Tylorstown tip, 05/08/71

Date: 05/08/1971

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Tylorstown Tip, Rhondda Fach. View from tops

Coal. Siderite (FeCO3) an iron ore inferior to the oxides (hematite and limonite) as a yellow vein mineral. Quartz. Tylorstown tip

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Tylorstown Tip, Rhondda Fach. View from tops

Yellow siderite (FeCO3) (rounded faces to crystals) and glass-like Quartz (SiO2) on clay shale. Tylorstown tip. 1971

Date: 1971

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Tylorstown Tip, Rhondda Fach. View from tops

Coal measure fossils. Calamites (ribbed), Stigmaria spotted. Red, white and black burned shales. Tylorstown tip

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South East Wales Biodiversity Records Centre (SEWBReC)
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Dr Mary Gillham
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