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Cliffe Hill Quarry
Geological site in Leicestershire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cliffe Hill Quarry is a 19.2 hectares (47 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Markfield in Leicestershire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This quarry exposes volcanic and sedimentary Charnian rocks dating to the Ediacaran period (635 to 541 Ma) of the Proterozoic eon. It was probably then a volcanic island. An unusually homogeneous form of the rock diorite found here is sometimes called markfieldite, named after the village.[4]
The site is private land with no public access.
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