BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E60851; COLLNOLC710;
Sample Donor Fortey,N.J.
Rock name Slate. 'Original entry: Slaty Mudstone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Grey slate
Locality details Buttermere Slate Quarry, from rock forming the NW side of the working
50k map sheet Keswick (29)

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Map reference NY 173 173
Year collected 1988 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E60851

Cross Polarized, E60851

Plane Polarized, E60851

Plane Polarized, E60851