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Category:Nature & Wildlife

Mineral ID

Posted on 25th June 2019Updated on 8th January 2024by PeteCategories:Caving, Mine Exploration, Nature & Wildlife
A close up view of small cubic fluorspar crystals on a limestone rock

It is sometimes really hard to relate the minerals I see underground to the professional sample pictures on places like Wiki and Google. All I wanted was to be sure that what I saw was a certain thing. Well, I’ve started a Flickr album showing actual minerals in actual mines in the hope that I …
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The Common Lizard

Posted on 4th April 2012Updated on 14th August 2015by PeteCategories:Nature & Wildlife

So, how many of you have ever seen a ‘common’ Lizard? This little one was brought to me last week on a baking hot day by a group of kids from the Notts area. It must have been fresh out from its winter sleep as it was really dosile until I put it near a …
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