BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E34705
Sample Donor Poole,E.G.
Rock name Sandstone (Undifferentiated). 'Original entry: Hornfels, Sandstone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 6" Map (and quarter sheet), 41N.E. Black Brook hornstones & grits in thrusted anticline.
Locality details M1 Motorway cutting through east end of Longcliffe Plantation.
50k map sheet Loughborough (141)

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Map reference SK 4897 1707
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E34705

Cross Polarized, E34705

Plane Polarized, E34705

Plane Polarized, E34705