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Beddgelert Forest, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UKi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
53° 1' 44'' North , 4° 8' 34'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
53.02891,-4.14283
GeoHash:
G#: gcmj9tx7b
GRN:
N36W02
UK National Grid Reference:
SH562497
Type:
Forest
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Mindat Locality ID:
4252
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:4252:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Caernarvonshire


Microscopic veinlets carrying small euhedral aeschynite crystals occur in Ordovician rhyolite outcrops.(Howells et al., 1991). Although not fully characterized, work done to date suggests that it is highly likely to be aeschynite-(Y).

Howells, M.F., Reedman, A.J. & Campbell, S.D.G., 1991. Ordovician (Caradoc) marginal basin volcanism in Snowdonia (north-west Wales). HMSO for the British Geological Survey, 191pp.

Grid reference given is a general location for the forest area itself, rather than being for a specific mineral locality

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