Fossils and Geology of Golspie, North Scotland. Fossil Collecting & Geological Guides

Location Information
	Although the Jurassic Rocks at Golspie are highly fossiliferious, they are quite scarce, a good scour is required in order to expose these rocks.
	(Recommended) Golspie is ideal for family trips, its beautiful views, beaches and the spectacular castle. Also near to town shops which can make an ideal day out.
	The car park is very close by at the Castle, near to toilets, you do not need to walk very far. Parking is also near to the shops and food outlets.
	Foreshore There are no cliffs at Golspie, all of the fossils come from rocks from the extreme foreshore exposed during scouring tides.
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 the tide times should always be noted.

Although you cannot get cut off at Golspie, the foreshore can be very slippery. Please wear suitable footwear.

Other Jurassic Coastal sites in Scotland

There are a range of Jurassic Coastal sites in Scotland, most near Brora have been caused by the Helmsdale Fault. On the Isle of Skye, there are a number of coastal exposures including Bearreriag Bay, Glasnakille, Elgol, Faoilean. Other locations near to Golspie that are featured on UK Fossils are, Helmsdale, Brora River and Brora Foreshore, Kintradwell. Portgower, Lothbeg, Balintore, Eathie and Crakaig.

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 Scottish Fossil Collecting in Golspie North Scotland Geological Guide and Geology Info

Fossils and Scottish Fossil Collecting in Golspie
North Scotland Geological Guide and Geology Info