BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E47892
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Quartzite. 'Original entry: 'Quartzite'.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 'Quartzite' (hanging rocky ozite) seen in outcrop to be interlying silty slates.
Locality details Hillock 70m N.N.E. of slate quarry (seashore).
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


E47892

Cross Polarized, E47892

Plane Polarized, E47892

Plane Polarized, E47892