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British Isles A Natural History
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Geology Toolkit
What is the United Kingdom really made of?
Find out with our interactive Geology Toolkit.
You can explore region-by-region how the rocks which make up these islands have developed, and use our rock analyser tool to identify the rock samples you've found.

Screenshot from the interactive

Click here to open the toolkit

The tool is a Flash file, but if you don't have Flash on your computer, click here to get it

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