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Shakespeare Cliff (Samphire Hoe), Dover, Dover, Kent, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare Cliff (Samphire Hoe) | Cliff |
| Dover | Civil Parish |
| Dover | Town |
| Kent | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
51° 6' 28'' North , 1° 16' 54'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
TR300393
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dover | 41,709 (2018) | 2.9km |
| Capel le Ferne | 1,386 (2017) | 4.9km |
| Alkham | 351 (2018) | 5.1km |
| Lydden | 673 (2018) | 6.9km |
| Hawkinge | 8,002 (2018) | 8.4km |
Chalk boulders at the base of Shakespeare Cliff on the beach to the east of the car park and Channel Tunnel works at Samphire Hoe.
This locality is frequently referred to as "Samphire Hoe", more for convenience than through accuracy. Samphire Hoe is 'reclaimed' land produced by dumping the waste rock from the digging of the Channel Tunnel, and this is mostly landscaped and enclosed within thick concrete and rock sea defences now.
However, the access tunnel and car park (£2 per day parking as of 2020) at Samphire Hoe does provide very convenient access for the beach areas to the east and west where mineral specimens and the occasional cretaceous fossil may be collected.
Generally, the beach area under the cliffs immediately to the (north) east of the Samphire Hoe area is the best area for collecting. This beach cannot be accessed at high tide, and you must be careful not to go too far along the beach here in case you are caught by the tide turning.
Please also be aware of the warnings about rockfalls from the cliffs. Stay away from the cliffs and limit your collecting to boulders on the foreshore and the wave-cut platform, both of which are rich in material and far easier to access than anything in the cliffs themselves.
The marker on the map shows the starting point on the beach where good material can be found. You do not need to go very far from this point to find things.
Due to the constant erosion, there is a virtually unlimited supply of material.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
4 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 Description: Small sharp crystal groups and complex twins embedded in chalk. References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Small sharp crystal groups and complex twins embedded in chalk. References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Geochronology
Mineralization age: Late/Upper Cretaceous : 100.5 Ma to 66.0 MaImportant note: This table is based only on rock and mineral ages recorded on mindat.org for this locality and is not necessarily a complete representation of the geochronology, but does give an indication of possible mineralization events relevant to this locality. As more age information is added this table may expand in the future. A break in the table simply indicates a lack of data entered here, not necessarily a break in the geologic sequence. Grey background entries are from different, related, localities.
| Geologic Time | Rocks, Minerals and Events | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phanerozoic | |||||||
| Mesozoic | |||||||
| Cretaceous | |||||||
| Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- AvaloniaVolcanic Arc
UK
- England
- Kent
- Kent Downs National LandscapeNational Landscape
- South-East England Sedimentary AreaGeologic Region
- Kent
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Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, Dover, Kent, England, UK