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British geological site

Newhurst Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location	Leicestershire
Grid reference	SK 485 179
Interest	Geological
Area	9.5 hectares (23 acres)
Notification	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Newhurst Quarry is a 9.5 hectares (23 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Shepshed in Leicestershire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

This is the only British site where hypogene mineralisation, deep in the earth, has been weathered during the Triassic, around 225 million years ago. It is also the only British site to have the minerals coulsonite and vesignieite.

The site is private land with no public access.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Newhurst Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
"Map of Newhurst Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
"Newhurst Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
"Newhurst Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

52°45′22″N 1°16′55″W / 52.756°N 1.282°W / 52.756; -1.282

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