BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E7835; COLLNO221;
Sample Donor Dewey,H.
Rock name Sandstone (Undifferentiated). 'Original entry: Grit'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments No feldspar, nearly all quartz grains.
Locality details Downs Quarry, half a mile N. of Trekenna Laneart.
50k map sheet Tavistock (337)

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Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E7835

Cross Polarized, E7835

Plane Polarized, E7835

Plane Polarized, E7835