BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E18618
Sample Donor Mitchell,G.H.
Rock name Quartzite. 'Original entry: Sandstone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 6" Map (and quarter sheet), 58N.W. Millstone Grit.
Locality details Melbourne Quarry. 700 yards west by south of Melbourne Church.
50k map sheet Loughborough (141)

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Map reference SK 383 249
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E18618

Cross Polarized, E18618

Plane Polarized, E18618

Plane Polarized, E18618