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Description: | Mineral specimen of Peat associated with Peat. Collected from Upper Teesdale, Co Durham (NE England). Collected by Jas. Caygill.
Peat is formed from the remains of plants over a long period of time, as their remains are broken down by fungi and bacteria. The formation of peat is an important step in the formation of coal, which takes hundreds of millions of years. For example, the coal deposits in north east England are 300 million years old. Modern deposits of peat can be seen in moorland areas of the UK. Peat has been used to heat homes in remote areas for many years. However such peat deposits are becoming rare and many are now protected.
The specimen was found in NE England.
It is from the Quaternary period (1.8 - 0 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Jas. Classification: Peat Caygill | Temporal: | Quaternary period (1.8 - 0 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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