Read Bob Markham's research on Elizabeth Knipe Cobbold (1765 - 1824) in GeoSuffolk Notes no.70. Acila cobboldiae is one of the crag's more attractive and desirable fossils. Learn how this bivalve mollusc owes its name to Ipswich's pioneering palaeontologist who collected a rare specimen on her Holywells estate.
The 4th edition 2019 is available. Barry Hall tells us more about the Pliocene flora in this 60-page booklet. To order your copy, send a cheque for £6 made pyable to 'GeoSuffolk', to GeoSuffolk, c/o Ipswich Museum, High Street, Ipswich, IP1 3QH.
For an update on Ipswich geologist Elizabeth Cobbold (1764-1824); GeoSuffolk's recent work in the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB; Harwich Polar Base; a puddingstone and more - read GeoSuffolk Times no.42.
Our Suffolk glacial deposits continue to yield many fine Jurassic fossils. This Camptonectes scallop shell was brought into Ipswich Museum for identification by GeoSuffolk on October 23rd. (The £coin is for scale!)
On Saturday November 5th GeoSuffolk went to the Geologists' Association Festival of Geology at UCL in London.