BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E54995; COLLNONGB363;
Sample Donor Berridge,N.G.
Rock name Basalt. 'Original entry: Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Apparently fresh. Basalt. Tideswell Dale Sill. c. 0.5 m. below the level of the quarry floor.
Locality details Old quarry, Tideswell Dale picnic site. From gully at S. end of quarry floor. 3 m. above sample site of E54994.
50k map sheet Buxton (111)

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Map reference SK 1545 7382
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E54995

Cross Polarized, E54995

Plane Polarized, E54995

Plane Polarized, E54995