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Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Reighton
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Another location for ammonites and shells which is quite conveniently near to the popular Reighton Location, ideal for visiting two locations in one day. However finds are less likely than other locations along the coast.

Reighton - North Yorkshire
Last updated: [12/04/07] last visited 1994

Cretaceous

Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks

(Reighton) - 1994

Location Information

Reighton yields ammonite specimens and belemnites. However you will need a scour to expose the Kimmeridge Clay.

(Suitable for Children)

This location is suitable for children

Access to Reighton is fairly quick and easy,

Foreshore

Most of the fossils can be found on the foreshore especially after scouring conditions.

ACCESS
RIGHTS

There are 'NO' restrictions to this location

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

Common sense when collecting at all locations should be taken and knowledge of tide times should always be noted.

Other Locations similar to Reighton

If you enjoy collecting from the Kimmeridge Clay, you could also try the following locations in Scotland, Lothbeg, Crakaig, Helmsdale, Portgower, Kintradwell, Balintore, and Eathie. Dorset is also a popular location for the Kimmeridge Clay, locations such as Kimmeridge, Wyke Regis, Ringstead.

Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)

Microscopes

Test Sieves for Particle Analysis

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.

Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Reighton Your Yorkshire Geological Guide and Geology Info

Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Reighton
Your Yorkshire Geological Guide and Geology Info