500 million-year-old slate used in Richard Burton portrait

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Richard Burton Slate (via Daily POstDid you see the great photo in the Daily Post recently?

Artist Ed Chapman used 500 million-year-old slate from the disused Rhiwbach Quarry, in Conwy, to create an unique slate portrait of actor Richard Burton. The mosaic is expected to find a permanent home at Swansea University, close to the actor’s birthplace in Pontrhydfen.