BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E23750
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Quartzite.
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 6" Map (and quarter sheet). Leicester 5S.W. Derby 56S.W. Pebble.
Locality details Hemington Quarry. Quarter of a mile east of Shardlow Bridge, Shardlow.
50k map sheet Loughborough (141)

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Map reference SK 450 300
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E23750

Cross Polarized, E23750

Plane Polarized, E23750

Plane Polarized, E23750