BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E4273; E4273/A;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Sandstone (Undifferentiated). 'Original entry: Tuffaceous Sandstone.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Tuffaceous sandstone.
Locality details Whitwick Colliery (new shaft) 650 yards N.E. of Coalville Station.
50k map sheet Coalville (155)

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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


E4273

Cross Polarized, E4273

Plane Polarized, E4273

Plane Polarized, E4273