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Introduction to Blackgang Chine

Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Blackgang Chine
Isle of Wight Geological Guide and Geology Info

Whilst most people remember Blackgang Chine for its popular theme park, the cliffs of Blackgang Chine which are slowly shrinking the theme park are also yielding some fossils. These include trace fossils and occasional but rare dinosaur bones.


Blackgang Chine - Isle of Wight
Last updated: [19/07/07]  last visited 2006
Cretaceous
Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks

(Blackgang Chine - 2006)


Location Information

Blackgang Chine rarely yields fossils.

(Not Suitable for Children)

Blackgang Chine is not suitable for children as access is very difficult.

Access is very hard and can be dangerious. Please check tide times carefully.

  Cliff

You can find fossils at this location in the cliff landslips.
ACCESS
RIGHTS
There are 'NO' restrictions to this location

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

A UK Fossils & Discovering Fossils initiative (c) 2006

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

Common sense when collecting at all locations should be taken and knowledge of tide times should always be noted. At blackgang, accessing the beach is hard, whichever you choose be very careful. The sea cuts both sides of Blackgang off and it is 12km before you reach an official exit from the shore. Ladders and landslips have been used in the past, but these have their own danger.

Other Similar Locations to Blackgang Chine

For similar locations, you can also try Yavaland , Brook Bay and Brighstone Bay

If you like looking for trace fossils, there are lots of locations all over the UK from various time periods. Abereiddy, Barns Ness, Blackgang, Causey Pike, Crail, Elgol, Fishguard, Freshwater East, Newhay, St Monans, Stair Stream, Presipe.

Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)


Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.


We have thousands of Test Sieves for Particle Analysis.

Endecotts Sieves: For accurate dependable results you can't buy a better test sieve than Endecotts. At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected.

High Precision Tecan manufactures precision apertures as small as 3 microns for a wide array of applications such as filtering, sieving and nozzles. Its high-performance, ASTM/ISO compliant test sieves satisfy the most demanding fine particle grading requirements.

Metal Detectors


We have a wide range of metal detectors and motion detectors.

Our metal detectors are of a very high quality and are british made by the Viking Company.

Why not take a metal detector when your fossil hunting! you never know what you may find.


We sell a wide range of compasses to both explorers, students to boat owners.

Some field compasses have build in clinometers so you can calculate the height of cliffs.

Our compasses are high quality. They are an essential part of the explorers kit.


All of our fossils are genuine and have been checked carefully, we only buy from reputable sources.

We have a wide range of fossils from low cost budget fossils to expensive stunning display pieces.

Our fossils are of a very high standard and they come from all over the world.




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