BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E12474
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Boulders (Unconsolidated Deposits Classification Scheme). 'Original entry: Boulder'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Boulder. Two chips taken in 1912 by C.H. Cummington. Boulder since removed and placed in Arboretum at Walsall.
Locality details Diamond Quarry, Darby's Hill.
50k map sheet Birmingham (168)

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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


E12474

Cross Polarized, E12474

Plane Polarized, E12474

Plane Polarized, E12474