BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E47682; E47682/A; E47682/B; COLLNONGB114;
Sample Donor Berridge,N.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Basalt, fresh, with xenoliths of coarseplutonic rock (? syenite) + veins of asbestiforms; ? chlorite
Locality details NCB Egypt Plantation BH.SE of Croxton, Kerrial.
50k map sheet Bourne (143)

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Map reference SK 866 278
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Egypt Plantation, Ncb, Se Of Croxton, Leicestershire
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E47682/A

Cross Polarized, E47682/A

Plane Polarized, E47682/A

Plane Polarized, E47682/A


E47682/B

Cross Polarized, E47682/B

Plane Polarized, E47682/B

Plane Polarized, E47682/B