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Societies & Organisations:
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Local News Links: |
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Peak District Mines Historical
Society
Matlock
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www.pdmhs.com
www.peakmines.co.uk |
A landslip near to
where your Web Manager lives. Not perhaps of geological interest, but
certainly of ecology & environment. There is much concern at the amount of
forest/jungle which is being cleared for building. |
Penang landslide - New Straits Times |
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National Stone Centre
Porter Lane
Wirksworth
Derbyshire
DE4 4LS
tel/fax
01629 824833 |
www.nationalstonecentre.org.uk |
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British
Geological Survey,
Kingsley Dunham Centre,
Keyworth,
Nottingham
NG12 5GG.
Tel: +44 (0)115 936 3100
Fax: +44 (0)115 936 3200
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http://www.bgs.ac.uk/ |
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National Coal
Mining Museum
CapCaphouse Colliery,
New Road,
Overton,
West Yorkshire, WF4 4RH
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http://www.ncm.org.uk/ |
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The Peak District - from the BGS |
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/foundation-web/index.html |
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| Peak Lapidary and
Mineral Society Has a workshop in
Tideswell, Derbyshire. Meetings are every fortnight with machines for
cutting and polishing, as well as trips to quarries and mines underground.
They run the rock exchange show in Bakewell in October - the biggest of its
kind in the country.
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http://www.plms.org.uk/ |
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| Great for people
going away & want to investigate any local collecting sites etc. Covers most
of Great Britain. Site is constantly being updated.
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http://ukfossils.co.uk/ |
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| Mindat.org is the
largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the
internet. This site contains worldwide data on minerals, mineral localities
and other mineralogical information.
This site is growing every day, with new mineral information, localities and
photographs added by members. |
http://www.mindat.org/ |
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| For cloud lovers! |
http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/ |
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