BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E19681; MR17536; COLLNORP333;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Quartzite. 'Original entry: Conglomerate With Pebbles Of Rhyolite ? Keratophere Sh Quartz-Chlorite Rock'
Stratigraphy Cambrian.
Comments Wrekin Quartzite (Lower Cambrian) near the base containing fragments of Uriconian rhyolites, etc,Lower Cambrian,Quartzite,Collected byR.W. Pocock RP333
Locality details Quartzite Quarry east end of Buckatree, Glen, north side, Shropshire,
50k map sheet Shrewsbury (152)

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Map reference SJ 644 096
Year collected 1942 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E19681

Cross Polarized, E19681

Plane Polarized, E19681

Plane Polarized, E19681