BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E7710; COLLNO8;
Sample Donor Usher,W.A.E.
Rock name Basalt. 'Original entry: Spilite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Rotten. Albite in vesicles with ? hornblende.
Locality details Quarry near 3rd milestone, by highroad from Newton Abbot to Teignmouth.
50k map sheet Newton Abbot (339)

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Map reference SX 892 641
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E7710

Cross Polarized, E7710

Plane Polarized, E7710

Plane Polarized, E7710