BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E18604; COLLNORB1686;
Sample Donor Road Research Laboratory
Rock name Monchiquite. 'Original entry: Monchiquite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments With fragments of serpentinised ultrabasic rock.
Locality details Great House Quarry, Newchurch West, near Chepstow.
50k map sheet Chepstow (250)

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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


E18604

Cross Polarized, E18604

Plane Polarized, E18604

Plane Polarized, E18604