BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E61344; COLLNOLC822;
Sample Donor Fortey,N.J.
Rock name Rhyolite; Tuff;.
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pale grey splintery rhyolitic ash band; 2 cm thick in Wenlock Sequence
Locality details Exposure by forestry road at NE end of forest on Broughton Moor
50k map sheet Cumbria or Ambleside (38)

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Map reference SD 2509 9326
Year collected 1989 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E61344

Cross Polarized, E61344

Plane Polarized, E61344

Plane Polarized, E61344