BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E20539
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Basalt. 'Original entry: Olivine-Basalt.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments After attrition tests. Decomposed vesicular Olivine-basalt.
Locality details Bentley Quarry, one mile west of Walsall, off main Wolverhampton Road on Bentley Common.
50k map sheet Lichfield (154)

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Map reference SO 09 09
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E20539

Cross Polarized, E20539

Plane Polarized, E20539

Plane Polarized, E20539