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Day 106 : On our Pembrokeshire geology field course. This is the folded and thrust Carboniferous Limestone (Blackrock Subgroup) at West Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Day 105 : Monazite sands containing monazite, ilmenite, rutile, garnet and zircon. Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Keele collection. 

Day 104 : Mica from Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  Keele collection.

Day 103 : Itabirite (haematite and quartz) from Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keele collection.

Day 102 : Haematite ore from the Mannesmann Plant, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Keele collection.

Day 101 : Iron ore locally called “canga” from the Mannesmann Plant, Belo Horizonte, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Keele collection.

Day 100 : Hard haematite from Itabira, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Keele collection.

Day 99 : Manganese ore from Lafaiete, Minas Geraes, Brazil. Keele collection.

Day 98 : Haematite in itabirite (haematite and quartz), Andrade Mine, near João Monlevade, Brazil. Keele collection.

Day 97 : A garnetiferous gneiss from Guarapari, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Keele Collection.