BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E47888
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Slate. 'Original entry: Slate.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Small (3 x 1m) 'Slate' outcrop on N.E. margin of small diorite body. Could be xenolith.
Locality details Prominent diorite Hillock, 50m N.N.E. of slate quarry above.
50k map sheet Coalville (155)

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

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E47888

Cross Polarized, E47888

Plane Polarized, E47888

Plane Polarized, E47888