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Mineral Hills Abandoned Rock Quarry in Northampton, Massachusetts Tucked at the very end of a residential street in Northampton, MA, is the unassuming entrance to the Mineral Hills Conservation Area, a free network of hiking trails. Entering the forest area, which is maintained by the Friends of the Mineral Hills and monitored by the Kestrel Land Trust, one is unlikely to realize at first that they are just a brief walk from a large abandoned rock quarry. The quarry operated from the 1950s until the early 2000s when a stop-work order was issued due alleged zoning violations. In 2007, the land that includes the quarry transferred to the City of Northampton’s Conservation Commission. The conservation funds were raised by local groups and individuals from nearby neighborhoods committed to protecting the land. Now, atop the rock quarry’s ledge, visitors can have a look down into evidence of human industry now returning to its natural habitat. Bring binoculars to try to spot frogs, birds, and other critters who have made their home in this protected former gravel mining site.

Banner image: A stone quarry in Mangaluru, Karnataka. Representative image by Ravimum via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Picture of a stone quarry followed by the text: • A new study has found that after the 2016 ban on river sand mining in Kerala, stone quarries have expanded near protected areas in the Western Ghats to extract stone for M-sand production. • The researchers found that some quarries expanded five to tenfold or more during 2011 to 2021. About 17% of this increase took place in 2016. • Besides causing loss of biodiverse habitat, quarrying activity involves loud noises, dust, ground-shaking blasts which could potentially harm the region’s wildlife. • The study recommends that ecologically sensitive zones be designated strictly off-limits for new quarry approvals.

Image of a stone quarry in Malayattoor in Ernakulam district, Kerala. The state’s construction industry reacted to a 2016 ban on river sand mining in six of Kerala’s rivers by switching to manufactured sand (M-sand), artificially made from crushing hard rocks into fine particles. Representative image by Ranjithsiji via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

A view of the Western Ghats. Based on data from Kerala’s state mining portal KOMPAS, the researchers identified 355 operational quarries of which 72 quarries fall within the 10-kilometre buffer zone around 20 protected areas in the Western Ghats. Image by Max Martin.

#Quarries devour #BufferForests of #WesternGhats after #SandMiningBan

Post ban— #miners started crushing QuarriedHardRock to produce ManufacturedSand, also known as #Msand

Quarrying activity with its loud noises, dust & #blasts is harming #biodiversity

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Mount Judd in Nuneaton, England Mount Judd is a local landmark in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. It is visible from miles around, particularly from the North of the town and, notably, from the busy A5. The artificial hill is also known as the "Nuneaton Nipple" - this nickname might be due to the shape of the mound, or it might have originated as a derogatory name thought up by the resident of nearby Bedworth who are known to be competitive with the people of Nuneaton. The hill originated as a spoil tip for the Judkins granite quarry. After the quarry closed, the "mountain" formed by its waste product was measured as the 3,306th highest peak in England at a height of 518 feet. Although on private land, a trip to the summit was, for many years, a rite of passage for the youths of Nuneaton. Over the years, numerous objects have been left at the summit including, in 2017, half a Mini Cooper. The area has since been fenced off to prevent such activities. The Mount has also been the subject of numerous April Fools Day pranks, including press announcements that it was to be removed (causing intense objections in the town) and reports that a ski lift was to be installed. When traveling south on the A5, residents of Nuneaton and nearby Hinckley fondly consider that seeing the "mountain" is an indication that they are just about home. Adding to its renown, Mount Judd was voted the United Kingdom's best landmark in a May 2018 poll by the Daily Mirror, beating competition from the likes of the Angel of the North, Giants Causeway, and Big Ben. A few weeks afterwards, the Daily Mirror reopened the vote, saying that the newspaper simply could not accept that a spoil heap should be recognized in this way. However, Mount Judd still proudly holds its original title.

Thousand Steps in Mapleton, Pennsylvania Located along Route 22 is an opportunity to step into the past and see some of the most amazing views in Pennsylvania. One of the most famous hikes in the state, the Thousand Steps is .5 mile section of the larger Standing Stone Trail with an elevation gain of around 850 feet. Beyond the incredible views that await at the top, the steps are also an important piece of Pennsylvania's history. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century, the nearby town of Mount Union became known as the “Silica Brick Capital of the World" - mined from the local stone, silica is a heat-resistant material that was crucial in the steel and railroad industries. The steps were carved into mountain in 1936 by workers of the Harbison-Walker refractory, in order to facilitate their access to the Ledge Quarry at the top of the mountain. Silica use declined in the 1950s, and the steps eventually fell into disuse. In the 1990s, public access to the steps and its surrounding area was threatened, so a group came together to protect it - the Save Our Steps Committee managed to preserve the steps and 669 nearby acres, allowing for the hiking trail and its history to remain for future generations. And remember, when you reach step number 1,000, don't start celebrating, since you'll have a bit more left to climb - the steps in total are actually 1,043!

Santa Ponsa Quarry in Alaior, Spain This quarry was actively used from the 19th century until 1970, supplying limestone for the rest of the island. For the most part, workers completed the job without the aid of electricity. Now abandoned, the quarry has been preserved for its cultural significance. Today, it stands like a man-made canyon, where rugged rock faces coexist with the encroaching natural landscape.

Secret Quarries of Somerville — Somerville Museum Visit the city’s oldest burial ground, where friendly ghosts will tell you about their lives in 18th century Somerville. Learn about our city’s past from those who lived it. Part of Somerstreets: Monster Mash Free and Open to th

#BostonWeekend 18x Sat SOMERVILLE ROCKS 11am 90 min walking tour of the Secret Quarries of #SomervilleMA - starts at Somerville Museum. $15+ www.somervillemuseum.org/calendar-events/ghosts-o... #Boston #SomervilleMuseum #geology #rocks #quarries #quarry #WalkingTour

A black and white photograph in portrait format. It shows an outbuilding made of corrugated iron on a quarry site, now closed. On the door is a "Danger High Voltage Keep Out" sign. The rust signals the lack of care and of time passing. I am drawn to the beauty of old industrial buildings, and I still find them alluring.

Abandoned Quarry Building, from 2022
A set of functional industrial buildings left to decay and rust in north Lancashire. Still an attractive subject in my mind.
#Scape #Buildings #rust #quarries #CorrugatedIron #PhotoOfTheDay #Monochrome #ClassicMono #IndustrialArchaeology

Calling all rock enthusiasts! Come join us in Edinburgh next year #archaeology #rockcut #quarries

and numerous #quarries operated there in the #MiddleAges, supplying "Tallinn with much of its building material. For other erratic-themed locations, see #Kurikneeme.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Erratics #Rändrahnud
#Geology #Geoloogia
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Aerial view of two quarries meeting at a road, on Cudjoe Key.

Views from above our saltwater quarry sites in the Lower Florida Keys. These quarries were originally extracted for their limestone but now serve as closed off marine ecosystems.

🦀🌎 #mariculture #marine #science #crabs #FLKeys #quarries

Saxholl, Vesturland, Iceland 23.07.2007
#vesturland #iceland #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #quarry #quarries #valokuvataivas

Quarry, Saxholl, Vesturland, Iceland 23.07.2007
#vesturland #iceland #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #quarry #quarries #valokuvataivas

Concrete industry warns of quarry materials shortfall The concrete industry has warned Ireland is facing a significant shortfall of materials such as stone, sand and gravel in future years because quarries are not being granted sufficient planning permis...

'The #concrete industry has warned Ireland is facing a significant shortfall of materials such as #stone, #sand and #gravel in future years because #quarries are not being granted sufficient planning permissions.'

#buildinginfo

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A black and white photograph in portrait format. Almost a portrait of a face in profile in the rock, hope that you can make it out. This very large stone sits on the woodland floor and looks to me like a sleeping face with closed eyes. Maybe just me? It is surrounded by spindly trees and leaf litter.

Face of a Sleeping Giant, 2024
I thought this wonderful rock resembled a face, then thought he might be sleeping. Arnside Knot woodland walk.
#RockinTuesday #ClassicMono #monochromephotography #bnw #PhotoOfTheDay #woodlands #rocks #quarries #Arnside #Cumbria

A black and white photograph in portrait format. It shows an abandoned quarry in winter, the rocks stand strong and dominant, the ground is littered with autumn leaves and the woodland is made up of self-sown trees and small saplings.

Nettleford Wood, 2021
Once a medieval quarry, now a woodland near #Delamere Forest, #Cheshire
#ForestFriday #Scape #ClassicMono #woodlands #forests #trees #quarries #PhotoOfTheDay

A black and white photograph in portrait format. The lower half shows a massive quarry rockface of smooth quarried rock; marks and layers are visible. Above this is a safety fence and a group of functional metal sheds, presumably offices for the quarry staff, set against another smaller rockface with some foliage of grass and small bushes.

Across the Quarry, from 2022
The view across to a group of functional metal buildings in Lancashire.
#Scape #ClassicMono #landscapephotography #quarries #industry #rocks #PhotoOfTheDay #monochrome #quarry #sheds

Part of Indian Diggings Cemetery in El Dorado Co., CA. Cemetery stones made from Indian Diggings marble quarried nearby - white marble with very visible gray veins running through it. (on private property; mid-2003)

Part of the rough dirt logging road to the long abandoned Indian Diggings marble quarry area in El Dorado Co., CA (on private property; photo taken in mid-2003)

White, heavily veined marble cemetery stone of Eugenia Davies in the Indian Diggings Cemetery; stone quarried locally from the long abandoned Indian Diggings marble quarry in El Dorado Co., CA (on private property; photo taken in mid-2003)

Closeup photo of the white, heavily veined marble cemetery stone of T. M. Simpson in the Indian Diggings Cemetery; stone quarried locally from the long abandoned Indian Diggings marble quarry in El Dorado Co., CA (on private property; photo taken in mid-2003)

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐄𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 – 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 (Photos taken mid-2003 by me on El Dorado Mineral & Gem Soc. field trip with permission of the owner.)
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#quarries #IndianDigginsCA

If there’s someone important in your life, tell them you #love them today.

Photo taken at the #Quincy #Quarries Reservation, #Massachusetts

#EastCoastKin #RockinTuesday #TagTuesday #graffiti #nature #naturephotography #photography #quarry #streetart

High drone view of the whole manganese quarry, with repeated large piles of large stone blocks. It's unclear whether this was waste stacked neatly to avoid the trackway, or stone destined for processing later on. Some spoil heaps exist on the other side of the track. A dispute, common in extractive efforts, is one possible explanation as to why there are no more spoil heaps.

Closer drone view of some of the piles of stones.

I've seen many manganese quarries and mines, but never one quite like this. The narrow vein must have been chased on the surface. Were the piles of stones waste?

The landscape is almost all sandstone and mudstone, about half a billion years old.

#quarries #mines #drone #mountains #wales #cymru

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#Paleontology #Fossils #Museums #Endangered #and #Extinct #Species #Global #Warming #Dinosaurs #Quarries

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The annual Mineral Products Association nature awards markavery.info/2025/03/24/p...

Restoration of quarries etc is making a significant contribution to nature conservation.

#quarries #defra @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

#climbing 🧗‍♀️ #wales #quarries 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #rocks 🗿🪨

Mount Zion Quarry, Mount Diablo, California 05.03.2005
#california #usa #nature #naturephotography #landscape #landscapes #landscapephotography #photography #mountain #mountains #quarry #quarries #valokuvataivas

trees on a cliff

Dinorwig quarry.
#watercolour #watercolor #quarries #LandscapePainting #LandscapeArt #dinorwic #dinorwig #llanberis #eryri #snowdonia #ArtistOnInstagram #instaart #artstagrams #WatercolourArt #artwork #LAOTY #ShareYourArt
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Quarry Graffiti A fascinating and almost universally-overlooked aspect of the north Wales slate industry is the graffiti inscribed and, much more rarely, drawn on structures associated with quarrying and mining. T…

Stormy Sunday output:

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#slate #IA #quarries #mining #heritage #wales #cymru #history

Quarry Water The seemingly endless leaden, cold skies of late winter finally cleared on Tuesday, allowing some good sunshine to break through – though it was hardly much warmer! I set off for the heartlan…

A fairly brief write-up on my visit to a couple of small slate quarry ventures earlier in the week:

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#heritage #history #cymru #wales #slate #quarries #archaeology #IA

#Paasiku (Paasik)
Flagstone, probably after former #quarries in nearby #Tondiraba, one south of #Kivila (qv.), the other north of #Tähesaju.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Katleri
#RoadBuildingMaterials #TeeEhitusaterjalid

Silver birch trees growing through the waste at an old Lake District slate quarry.

Nature fighting back at Hodge Close Quarry

#landscapephotography
#lakedistrict
#quarries

In the guts of the Apuan Alps. Michelangelo's favourite material. They always watched over our childhood.

Now eviscerated and crumbling under the hands of human's greed.
#apuane #quarries #whitemarble #alpiapuane #versilia #garfagnana #Massa #photography #Nikond3500

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