BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E56435; COLLNONGB374;
Sample Donor Berridge,N.G.
Rock name Basalt. 'Original entry: Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Non-amygdaloidal basalt. This sample and E56434 collected within 1 m. across a supposed contact between amygdaloidal lava and intrusive basalt.
Locality details Southern margin of Cotton Hill intrusion 4m ESE. Of Buxton
50k map sheet Buxton (111)

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Map reference SK 1199 7116
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E56435

Cross Polarized, E56435

Plane Polarized, E56435

Plane Polarized, E56435