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Geology, Palaeontology & Archaeology / Calling all geologists - Where can I get some of the mineral olivine
« on: 10/02/2009 11:41:14 »
Lizard Point in Cornwall has the best exposure of ophiolite in the UK. If you know what you are looking for you can straddle the petrological mohorovich discontinuity ("Moho") which is the change between mantle and crustal rocks.
Unfortunately most of the exposed rock has been weathered into serpentine.
Trodos (sp?) on Cyprus is the best ophiolite in Europe.
Closer to home Anglesey has some blue schist (http://www.kabrna.com/cpgs/anglesey/blueschist.htm) near Llanfair pg and in some cuttings in the A5 (which is far more interesting [])
Unfortunately most of the exposed rock has been weathered into serpentine.
Trodos (sp?) on Cyprus is the best ophiolite in Europe.
Closer to home Anglesey has some blue schist (http://www.kabrna.com/cpgs/anglesey/blueschist.htm) near Llanfair pg and in some cuttings in the A5 (which is far more interesting [])