Saturday 3 March 2012
Large mammal c7 cervical vertabrae
Location:Cleveland England
Stainton, Middlesbrough, UK
Thursday 1 March 2012
Rosedale ironstone and Stainton whinstone.
This image shows the magnetic properties of the Rosedale iron stone, that was mined about 30 miles south east of the Stainton area, its stated that no other ironstone has been found with such strong magnetic properties.
This is the only image i have been able to find of a rock with a magnet stuck to it other than rock from the Cleveland dyke ( basaltic andesite) and magnetite.
More info and images can be viewed regarding my research into this subject by clicking the link below.
The magnetic properties of the Cleveland dyke in t...
This is the only image i have been able to find of a rock with a magnet stuck to it other than rock from the Cleveland dyke ( basaltic andesite) and magnetite.
More info and images can be viewed regarding my research into this subject by clicking the link below.
The magnetic properties of the Cleveland dyke in t...
Wednesday 29 February 2012
Stainton Quarry ( magnetic Whinstone)
This structure was built to mark the entrance to the old quarry, it has been transformed over the last 10 years into a very attractive nature reserve.
Most of the structure appears to be sand stone, but the stone in this image is a piece of the mined whinstone ( Basaltic Andesite) as with all the Whinstone boulders and cobbles and smaller pieces that remain in the quarry plantation, it attracts a magnet note the green, red, and pink magnets stuck to the stone.
Location:Cleveland England
Stainton, Middlesbrough, UK
Monday 27 February 2012
Radius possibly Cervidae
This radius was found at Maltby beck, during a search for the same Geological layers i have found in other areas of the south west area of Cleveland,
I did indeed find the same deposits, and low and behold then found this Radius sticking out of the clay just down stream from a Stainton gravel bed exposure !
Location:Cleveland England
Maltby, Stockton-on-Tees, UK
Saturday 25 February 2012
Fossil content of a 3 metre square section of the Stainton gravel beds.
Some of the items I've recently excavated from a 3 metre square section of the Stainton gravel beds, averageing 300mm thick . They include mineralised mammal bones, a Septerian nodule, and various fossil rich rocks, all can be viewed in more detail in older posts.
More can be viewed regarding the Stainton gravel beds by clicking the link below.
Location:Cleveland England
Stainton and Thornton, Middlesbrough, UK
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Septarian Nodule dug from the Stainton gravel beds.
This piece was excavated from around 3 metres into the gravel bed just south of Stainton, there is lot of well preserved fossils on the surface.
More can be viewed regarding the Stainton gravel beds by clicking the link below
The Stainton gravel beds
Flint ( burrow ) Nodule Fossill slabs
Location:Cleveland England
Maltby, Stockton-on-Tees, UK
Thursday 16 February 2012
New bones found in Stainton gravel beds.
This piece found close is the joint that the atlas vertebrae fits to at the rear of the skull.
Note the ever present shine to these bones dug from the Stainton gravel beds.
More can be viewed regarding the Stainton gravel beds by clicking the link below
The Stainton gravel beds
Location:Cleveland England
Maltby, Stockton-on-Tees, UK
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Blog
I post to inform anyone who follows my blog, that i am studying that many different things in the geology of the south west area of Cleveland ime finding the best way of recording what ime finding is to add it to the blog. And sometimes i don't have a lot of time for explanations, so please bare with me and i promise i will fill in the blanks and correct my mistakes ! Heath Barnes.
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