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Dorset, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Dorset | Unitary Authority |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Area:
2,650 km2
Type:
Other Languages:
French:
Dorset, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
German:
Dorset, England, Vereinigtes KÃķnigreich
Italian:
Dorset, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
Russian:
ÐÐūŅŅÐĩŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐļŅ, ÐÐĩÐŧÐļКÐūÐąŅÐļŅÐ°Ð―ÐļŅ
Simplified Chinese:
åĪåĄįđéĄ, čąæ žå
°, čąå―
Spanish:
Dorset, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Afrikaans:
Dorset, Engeland, Verenigde Koninkryk
Anglo-Saxon:
DorsĮĢte, Englaland, GeÄned CynerÄŦce
Arabic:
ØŊŲØąØģØŠ, ØĨŲØŽŲØŠØąØ§, اŲŲ
Ų
ŲŲØĐ Ø§ŲŲ
ØŠØØŊØĐ
Aragonese:
Dorset, Anglaterra, Reino Unito
Armenian:
ÔīÕļÖÕ―ÕĨÕŋ, ÔąÕķÕĢÕŽÕŦÕĄ, ÕÕŦÕĄÖÕĩÕĄÕŽ ÔđÕĄÕĢÕĄÕūÕļÖÕļÖÕĐÕĩÕļÖÕķ
Asturian:
Dorset, Inglaterra, Reinu XunÃu
Basque:
Dorset, Ingalaterra, Erresuma Batua
Belarusian:
ÐÐūŅŅÐĩŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧŅŅ, ÐŅÐŧŅÐšÐ°ÐąŅŅŅÐ°Ð―ŅŅ
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
ÐÐūŅŅŅŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐĩÐŧŅŅŅŅÐ―Ð°, ÐŅÐŧŅÐšÐ°ÐąŅŅŅÐ°Ð―ŅŅ
Bengali:
āĶĄāĶ°āĶļā§āĶ, āĶāĶāĶēā§āĶŊāĶūāĶĻā§āĶĄ, āĶŊā§āĶā§āĶĪāĶ°āĶūāĶā§āĶŊ
Breton:
Dorset, Bro-Saoz, Rouantelezh-Unanet
Bulgarian:
ÐÐūŅŅÐĩŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐļŅ, ÐÐąÐĩÐīÐļÐ―ÐĩÐ―Ðū КŅаÐŧŅŅÐēÐū ÐÐĩÐŧÐļКÐūÐąŅÐļŅÐ°Ð―ÐļŅ Ðļ ÐĄÐĩÐēÐĩŅÐ―Ð° ÐŅÐŧÐ°Ð―ÐīÐļŅ
Catalan:
Dorset, Anglaterra, Regne Unit
Cebuano:
Dorset, Inglatera, Hiniusang Gingharian
Cornish:
Dorset, Pow Sows, Ruwvaneth Unys
Czech:
Dorset, Anglie, SpojenÃĐ krÃĄlovstvÃ
Danish:
Dorset, England, Storbritannien
Dutch:
Dorset, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Dorset, Engelaand (regio), Verienigd Keuninkriek
Esperanto:
Dorset, Anglio, UnuiÄinta ReÄlando
Estonian:
Dorset, Inglismaa, Suurbritannia
Farsi/Persian:
ØŊŲØąØģØŠ, اŲÚŊŲØģ؊اŲ, ØĻØąÛ؊اŲÛا
Finnish:
Dorset, Englanti, Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
Galician:
Dorset, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Georgian:
ááá áĄááĒá, ááááááĄá, áááá áááááááĢáá áĄááááĪá
Greek:
ÎÏÏÏÏÎĩÏ, ÎÎģÎģÎŧÎŊÎą, ÎÎ―ÏΞÎÎ―Îŋ ÎÎąÏÎŊÎŧÎĩÎđÎŋ
Gujarati:
āŠĄāŦāŠ°āŠļāŦāŠ, āŠāŠāŠāŦāŠēāŦāŠĻāŦāŠĄ, āŠŊāŦāŠĻāŠūāŠāŠāŦāŠĄ āŠāŠŋāŠāŠāŠĄāŠŪ
Hakka:
Dorset, England, YÃŪn-koet
Hebrew:
ŨŨŨĻŨĄŨ, ŨŨ ŨŨŨŨ, ŨŨŨŨŨŨ ŨŨŨŨŨŨŨŠ
Hindi:
āĪĄāĨāĪ°āĨāĪļāĨāĪ, āĪāĪāĪāĨāĪēāĨāĪĢāĨāĪĄ, āĪŊāĨāĪĻāĪūāĪāĪāĨāĪĄ āĪāĪŋāĪāĪāĪĄāĪŪ
Hungarian:
Dorset, Anglia, EgyesÞlt KirÃĄlysÃĄg
Icelandic:
Dorset, England, Bretland
Ido:
Dorset, Anglia, Unionita Rejio
Indonesian:
Dorset, Inggris, Britania Raya
Interlingua:
Dorset, Anglaterra, Regno Unite
Japanese:
ããžãŧãã, ãĪãģã°ãĐãģã, ãĪãŪãŠãđ
Kannada:
āēĄāēūāē°āģāēļāģāēāģ, āēāēāēāģāēēāģāēāēĄāģ, āēŊāģāēĻāģāēāģāēĄāģ āēāēŋāēāēāģâāēĄāē
Korean:
ëėŊėĢž, ėęļëë, ėęĩ
Latin:
Dorcestria, Anglia, Britanniarum regnum
Latvian:
Dorseta, Anglija, ApvienotÄ Karaliste
Lithuanian:
Dorsetas, Anglija, JungtinÄ KaralystÄ
Luxembourgish:
Grofschaft Dorset, England, Vereenegt KinnekrÃĪich
Macedonian:
ÐÐūŅŅÐĩŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐļŅа, ÐÐąÐĩÐīÐļÐ―ÐĩŅÐū ÐŅаÐŧŅŅÐēÐū
Malayalam:
āīĄāĩāĩžāīļāĩāīąāĩāīąāĩ, āīāīāīāĩāīēāīĢāĩāīāĩ, āīŊāĩāīĢāĩāīąāĩāīąāīĄāĩ āīāīŋāīāĩāīĄāī
Manx:
Dorset, Sostyn, Reeriaght Unnaneysit
Marathi:
āĪĄāĨāĪ°āĨāĪļāĨāĪ, āĪāĪāĪāĨāĪēāĪāĪĄ, āĪŊāĨāĪĻāĪūāĪŊāĪāĨāĪĄ āĪāĪŋāĪāĪāĨāĪĄāĪŪ
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Dorset, Eng-tÄ, LiÃĒn-haĖp Ãng-kok
Mirandese:
Dorset, Reino Ounido
Northern Frisian:
Dorset, Ingelun, Feriind Kiningrik
Norwegian:
Dorset, England, Storbritannia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Dorset, England, Storbritannia
Occitan:
Dorset, AnglatÃĻrra, Reialme Unit
Polish:
Dorset, Anglia, Wielka Brytania
Portuguese:
Dorset, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Quechua:
Dorset, Inlatirra, Hukllachasqa Qhapaq Suyu
Romanian:
Dorset, Anglia, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii Či al Irlandei de Nord
Scots:
Dorset, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick
Serbian:
ÐÐūŅŅÐĩŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧÐĩŅКа, ÐĢŅÐĩÐīÐļŅÐĩÐ―Ðū ÐŅаŅÐĩÐēŅŅÐēÐū
Serbo-Croatian:
Dorset, Engleska, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Sicilian:
Dorset, Nglaterra, Regnu Unitu
Slovak:
Dorset, Anglicko, SpojenÃĐ krÃĄÄūovstvo
Slovenian:
Dorset, Anglija, ZdruÅūeno kraljestvo Velike Britanije in Severne Irske
Swedish:
Dorset, England, Storbritannien
Tamil:
āŪāŊāŪ°āŊāŪāŊāŪāŊ, āŪāŪāŊāŪāŪŋāŪēāŪūāŪĻāŊāŪĪāŊ, āŪāŪāŊāŪāŪŋāŪŊ āŪāŪ°āŪūāŪāŊāŪāŪŋāŪŊāŪŪāŊ
Telugu:
ā°Ąāąā°°āą ā°ļāąā°āą, ā°ā°ā°āąā°ēā°ūā°ā°Ąāą, ā°Ŋāąā°Ļāąā°āąā°Ąāą ā°ā°ŋā°ā°āąâā°Ąā°Ūāą
Thai:
āļāļāļĢāđāđāļāļ, āļāļĢāļ°āđāļāļĻāļāļąāļāļāļĪāļĐ, āļŠāļŦāļĢāļēāļāļāļēāļāļēāļāļąāļāļĢ
Traditional Chinese:
åĪåŊĶéĄ, čąåŦ, čąå
Turkish:
Dorset, Ä°ngiltere, BirleÅik KrallÄąk
Ukrainian:
ÐÐūŅŅÐĩŅ, ÐÐ―ÐģÐŧŅŅ, ÐÐĩÐŧÐļКа ÐŅÐļŅÐ°Ð―ŅŅ
Urdu:
ÚŲØąØģŲđ, اŲÚŊŲØģ؊اŲ, Ų
Ų
ŲÚĐØŠ Ų
ØŠØØŊÛ
Vietnamese:
Dorset, Anh, VÆ°ÆĄng quáŧc LiÊn hiáŧp Anh và BášŊc Ireland
VolapÞk:
Dorset, LinglÃĪn, RegÃĪn PebalÃķl
Waray:
Dorset, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Welsh:
Dorset, Lloegr, Y Deyrnas Unedig
West Frisian:
Dorset, IngelÃĒn, Feriene Keninkryk
Western Punjabi:
ÚŲØąØģŲđ, اŲÚŊŲØģ؊اŲ, ØĻØąØ·Ø§ŲÛÛ
Yiddish:
ŨŨŨĻŨĄŨĒŨ, ŨĒŨ ŨŨŨŨ Ũ, ŨĪŨŨĻŨŨŨŨ ŨŨŨŨĒ Ũ§ŨĒŨ ŨŨŨĻŨŨŨ
Dorset is a ceremonial and historic county in south-west England, United Kingdom, bordered by Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east, with the English Channel forming its southern boundary. It covers an area of approximately 2,650 kmÂē and includes a diverse landscape of rolling hills, chalk downland, river valleys, heathlands, and a highly varied coastline. Major rivers include the Frome, Stour, and Piddle, while the coast is internationally renowned for its geological exposures.
Geologically, Dorset is one of the most significant counties in England and forms the heart of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site extending along the countyâs shoreline. The geology exposes an almost continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, spanning approximately 185 million years of Earth history. These strata are folded and faulted by Alpine-related tectonics, producing dramatic coastal landforms such as Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door, and the Isle of Purbeck. Inland, Upper Cretaceous chalk forms the Dorset Downs, while Jurassic limestones and clays and Lower Cretaceous sands and clays give rise to a varied interior landscape.
Dorset has a long and varied mineral and extractive heritage closely tied to its sedimentary geology. Quarrying of Purbeck limestone has been important since Roman times and supplied building stone used across southern England, including in major historic structures. The county is also notable for its oil shale and petroleum resources, with oil extracted from the Wytch Farm field, one of the largest onshore oilfields in western Europe. Clay extraction supported brick and pottery industries, while sand and gravel have been widely worked for construction. Small-scale extraction of cement raw materials and chalk for lime has also occurred.
Administratively, Dorset is largely governed by a unitary authority, with Dorchester as the county town, while Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole form a separate unitary authority within the ceremonial county. Dorset has a strong cultural and scientific identity rooted in its geology, with its coastline serving as a classic reference area for stratigraphy, palaeontology, and coastal geomorphology. The countyâs landscapes, settlement patterns, and industries have been profoundly shaped by the exceptional visibility and diversity of its sedimentary rocks.
Geologically, Dorset is one of the most significant counties in England and forms the heart of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site extending along the countyâs shoreline. The geology exposes an almost continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, spanning approximately 185 million years of Earth history. These strata are folded and faulted by Alpine-related tectonics, producing dramatic coastal landforms such as Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door, and the Isle of Purbeck. Inland, Upper Cretaceous chalk forms the Dorset Downs, while Jurassic limestones and clays and Lower Cretaceous sands and clays give rise to a varied interior landscape.
Dorset has a long and varied mineral and extractive heritage closely tied to its sedimentary geology. Quarrying of Purbeck limestone has been important since Roman times and supplied building stone used across southern England, including in major historic structures. The county is also notable for its oil shale and petroleum resources, with oil extracted from the Wytch Farm field, one of the largest onshore oilfields in western Europe. Clay extraction supported brick and pottery industries, while sand and gravel have been widely worked for construction. Small-scale extraction of cement raw materials and chalk for lime has also occurred.
Administratively, Dorset is largely governed by a unitary authority, with Dorchester as the county town, while Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole form a separate unitary authority within the ceremonial county. Dorset has a strong cultural and scientific identity rooted in its geology, with its coastline serving as a classic reference area for stratigraphy, palaeontology, and coastal geomorphology. The countyâs landscapes, settlement patterns, and industries have been profoundly shaped by the exceptional visibility and diversity of its sedimentary rocks.
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| â | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| â | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| â | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| â | Halite | 3.AA.20 | NaCl |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| â | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| â | Quartz var. Agate | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| â | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| â | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| â | Cristobalite | 4.DA.15 | SiO2 |
| â | MogÃĄnite | 4.DA.20 | SiO2 |
| â | Goethite | 4.FD.10 | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| â | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| â | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| â | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| â | Strontianite | 5.AB.15 | SrCO3 |
| â | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| â | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| â | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
| â | Jarosite | 7.BC.10 | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| â | Natrojarosite | 7.BC.10 | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| â | Melanterite | 7.CB.35 | Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O |
| â | Alum-(K) | 7.CC.20 | KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| â | Gypsum | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| â | var. Selenite | 7.CD.40 | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| â | Bassanite | 7.CD.45 | Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O |
| â | Copiapite | 7.DB.35 | Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
| â | Aluminite | 7.DC.05 | Al2(SO4)(OH)4 · 7H2O |
| â | FelsÅbÃĄnyaite | 7.DD.05 | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2O |
| â | Hydrobasaluminite | 7.DE.60 | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 12-36H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| â | Vivianite | 8.CE.40 | Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| â | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| â | Allophane | 9.ED.20 | (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| â | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| â | 'Glauconite' | - | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| â | 'Limonite' | - | |
| â | 'Mica Group' | - | |
| â | 'Smectite Group' | - | A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | â Allophane | (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O |
| H | â Aluminite | Al2(SO4)(OH)4 · 7H2O |
| H | â Bassanite | Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O |
| H | â Copiapite | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
| H | â FelsÅbÃĄnyaite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2O |
| H | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| H | â Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| H | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | â Hydrobasaluminite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 12-36H2O |
| H | â Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| H | â Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | â Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | â Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O |
| H | â Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| H | â Alum-(K) | KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| H | â Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| H | â Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| H | â Smectite Group | A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | â Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| C | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | â Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | â Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | â Strontianite | SrCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | â Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| O | â Allophane | (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O |
| O | â Aluminite | Al2(SO4)(OH)4 · 7H2O |
| O | â Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| O | â Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | â Bassanite | Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O |
| O | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | â Celestine | SrSO4 |
| O | â Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | â Copiapite | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
| O | â Cristobalite | SiO2 |
| O | â Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | â FelsÅbÃĄnyaite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2O |
| O | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| O | â Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| O | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | â Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | â Hydrobasaluminite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 12-36H2O |
| O | â Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | â Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | â Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | â Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O |
| O | â MogÃĄnite | SiO2 |
| O | â Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | â Alum-(K) | KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | â Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | â Strontianite | SrCO3 |
| O | â Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| O | â Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| O | â Smectite Group | A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | â Halite | NaCl |
| Na | â Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | â Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | â Allophane | (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O |
| Al | â Aluminite | Al2(SO4)(OH)4 · 7H2O |
| Al | â FelsÅbÃĄnyaite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2O |
| Al | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Al | â Hydrobasaluminite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 12-36H2O |
| Al | â Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | â Alum-(K) | KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | â Quartz var. Agate | SiO2 |
| Si | â Allophane | (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O |
| Si | â Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | â Cristobalite | SiO2 |
| Si | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Si | â Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | â MogÃĄnite | SiO2 |
| Si | â Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | â Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | â Aluminite | Al2(SO4)(OH)4 · 7H2O |
| S | â Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | â Bassanite | Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O |
| S | â Celestine | SrSO4 |
| S | â Copiapite | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
| S | â FelsÅbÃĄnyaite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 4H2O |
| S | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| S | â Hydrobasaluminite | Al4(SO4)(OH)10 · 12-36H2O |
| S | â Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | â Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | â Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O |
| S | â Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | â Alum-(K) | KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| S | â Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | â Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | â Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | â Halite | NaCl |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| K | â Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| K | â Alum-(K) | KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | â Aragonite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | â Bassanite | Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O |
| Ca | â Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | â Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | â Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Ca | â Gypsum var. Selenite | CaSO4 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | â Copiapite | Fe2+Fe43+(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O |
| Fe | â Glauconite | K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2 |
| Fe | â Goethite | Fe3+O(OH) |
| Fe | â Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | â Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | â Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | â Melanterite | Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O |
| Fe | â Natrojarosite | NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | â Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | â Vivianite | Fe2+Fe22+(PO4)2 · 8H2O |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | â Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | â Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Sr | Strontium | |
| Sr | â Celestine | SrSO4 |
| Sr | â Strontianite | SrCO3 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | â Baryte | BaSO4 |
Fossils
There are 2856 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 2856 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 33.9 Ma (Eocene) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 209 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic) |
| Stratigraphic Units | Click here to view 100 stratigraphic units. |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 236 fossil localities |
- England
- Dorset
- North Dorset
- Purbeck
- Eocene🐚 Bagshot Beds
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Chinchen's Quarry
- Eocene🐚 Corfe
- Eocene🐚 Creech
- Late Jurassic🐚 Egmont Bight
- Late Jurassic🐚 Encombe Bay pterosaur
- Late Jurassic🐚 Freshwater Steps
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Langton Matravers
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Langton Matravers pterosaurs
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Lock's Quarry
- Eocene🐚 Lower Bagshot - Arne
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Marble Quarry
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Queensground Quarry
- Late Jurassic🐚 Rope Lake Head / Freshwater Steps
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Small quarry near Acton
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 South Barn Quarry
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Spyways area quarry
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 White Nothe
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Worth Gate Quarry
- Kimmeridge
- Steeple with Tyneham
- Studland
- Swanage
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 "Mutton Hole"
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Belle Vue Farm Quarry
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 DCa-Greensand
- Mesozoic🐚 Durlston Bay
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Durlston Bay shore
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Durlston Bay track
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Lander's Quarry
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Northern end of Durlston Bay
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Paine's Quarry
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Peveril Point
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Pines Hotel
- Cretaceous🐚 Punfield Cove
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 shore
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Sunnydown Farm Quarry
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Swanage
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Swanage Bay tracksite
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Swanage quarry
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Townsend Road tracksite
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Zigzag path track
- West Lulworth
- Worth Matravers
- West Dorset
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Burton Bradstock
- Early Jurassic🐚 0.6 km east Charmouth
- Jurassic🐚 Abbotsbury
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Allotment quarry
- Jurassic🐚 Backwater
- Jurassic🐚 Barn Point
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Beaminster
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 110b
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 111
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 112
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 112d
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 118
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 119
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 121
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 122
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bed 124
- Early Jurassic🐚 Between Golden Cap and Seatown
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Bincombe railway cutting
- Early Jurassic🐚 Bothenhampton
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Bradford Abbas
- Jurassic🐚 Bradford Abbas
- Jurassic🐚 Bradford Abbas Lower Inferior Oolite
- Jurassic🐚 Broad Windsor
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Broadwindsor
- Cretaceous🐚 Buckland Newton [Upper Greensand]
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Burnt Bottom [Phosphatic Conglomerate]
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Burstock
- Jurassic🐚 Burton Bradstock
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Burton Bradstock
- Early Jurassic🐚 Cards Mill Farm
- Early Jurassic🐚 Catherstone Lane
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Chilfrome Lane
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Closworth
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Cockroad Farm near Beaminster
- Jurassic🐚 Coombe Quarry
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Corscombe
- Jurassic🐚 Day's Shell Bed
- Mesozoic🐚 Dorset
- Jurassic🐚 Dorset BR51
- Jurassic🐚 East Fleet
- Middle Jurassic🐚 England HPQ
- Early Jurassic🐚 Flatstones
- Dorset
- England
- Dorset
- West Dorset
- Jurassic🐚 Fleet
- Jurassic🐚 Fleet
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Frome Vauchurch
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Greenhill
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Herbury Peninsula
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Herbury Point
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Herbury Promontory
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Herbyleigh
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Horethorne Down
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Langton Herring
- Jurassic🐚 Langton Herring
- Early Jurassic🐚 Loose block at St. Gabriel's Mouth
- Jurassic🐚 Marston Road
- Jurassic🐚 Melbury
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Microzoan Bed
- Early Jurassic🐚 Monkton Wyld brook
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Nethercomb
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Oborne
- Cretaceous🐚 Old orchard
- Early Jurassic🐚 Ophiuroidea
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Poxwell
- Early Jurassic🐚 Quarry between Shipton Gorge and Bothenhampton
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Ridgeway
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Ridgeway Hill
- Jurassic🐚 Ringstead Bay
- Cretaceous🐚 Rocks Lane
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Sandford Lane
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Seaborough Court
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Sherborne
- Early Jurassic🐚 Sherborne-Marston road
- Early Jurassic🐚 Shipton Long Lane
- Mesozoic🐚 soft-tissue Scelidosaurus site
- Jurassic🐚 Stoford
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Stoke Knapp
- Early Jurassic🐚 Stoke Mill sluice
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Swyre
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Toller Fratrum [Basement Bed]
- Late/Upper Cretaceous🐚 Upper Sydling [Lower Chalk]
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Vetney Cross
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Vetney Cross
- Early Jurassic🐚 west of Seatown
- Jurassic🐚 Whaddon Hill
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Wyke
- Jurassic🐚 Yeovil Sands
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Yetminster
- Bridport
- Charmouth
- Early Jurassic🐚 Black Ven
- Early Jurassic🐚 Black Ven ichthyosaur
- Early Jurassic🐚 Charmouth
- Early Jurassic🐚 Charmouth area
- Cretaceous🐚 Charmouth theropod
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Fairy Dell
- Early Jurassic🐚 foot of Black Ven
- Early Jurassic🐚 foreshore
- Early Jurassic🐚 lower cliff face
- Early Jurassic🐚 Northwest corner of Black Ven Water
- Chickerell
- Chideock
- Lyme Regis
- Early Jurassic🐚 along path
- Early Jurassic🐚 Base of Church Cliffs
- Early Jurassic🐚 Birchi Nodules
- Early Jurassic🐚 Black Ven
- Early Jurassic🐚 Black Ven landslip
- Early Jurassic🐚 Black Ven Marls
- Early Jurassic🐚 Church Cliff
- Early Jurassic🐚 Lyme Regis
- Early Jurassic🐚 Lyme Regis
- Early Jurassic🐚 Lyme Regis
- Early Jurassic🐚 Lyme Regis
- Early Jurassic🐚 Lyme Regis unspecified
- Early Jurassic🐚 Monmouth Beach
- Early Jurassic🐚 near the church
- Early Jurassic🐚 Stonebarrow
- Osmington
- Symondsbury
- Weymouth and Portland
- Jurassic🐚 Jordan's Cliff
- Jurassic🐚 Near Weymouth
- Jurassic🐚 Portland Harbour
- Jurassic🐚 Preston
- Jurassic🐚 Radipole
- Jurassic🐚 Smallmouth Sands
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Weymouth
- Jurassic🐚 Weymouth
- Early/Lower Cretaceous🐚 Weymouth ankylosaur
- Jurassic🐚 Weymouth Kimmeridge Clay Formation
- Middle Jurassic🐚 Weymouth stegosaur
- Isle of Portland
- West Dorset
- Dorset
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_(district) |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q23159 |
| GeoNames ID: | 2651079 |
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