Blue Anchor, Somerset, England
 
A Fault Line in the Cliff, Blue Anchor, Somerset, England, Great Britain
Blue Anchor.

This picture shows a distinct fault in the cliffs, at the east end of the bay, showing the red sandstone of late Triassic age against the blue shales of the Lower Jurassic. A small gully has formed between the two caused by erosion along the fault line.

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Rheatic Bone Bed, Blue Anchor, Somerset, England, Great Britain
Blue Anchor.

A small piece of the Rheatic Bone Bed from the shore at Blue Anchor.

There are numerous fragmentary remains showing in this specimen two of which have been marked.

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Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate) in the rocks, Somerset, England, Great Britain
Blue Anchor.

Weathered Gypsum (the pink substance) on the surface of a large boulder and Gypsum layers showing in the side of the same boulder and in the cliff in the background.

Gypsum is the mineral form of Calcium Sulphate.

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