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Sample ids Donor Year Rock name
MR11847 Not entered 1868 Lava (Undifferentiated). 'Original entry: Lava'
Kilauea, Hawaii,surface exposure,USA - Hawaii
MR1189 Not entered 1869 'Original entry: Meta-Andesite'
Quarry name: Westmorland Slate: at Langdale Westmorland
MR12345 Not entered 1869 Schist. 'Original entry: Schist'
Mont Cenis (Fr�jus) Tunnel, Alps. Distance from Modane, Savoie, France 670m,Mont Cenis railway tunnel,The first great Alpine tunnel, driven from two headings from 1857 to 1871, using novel tunnelling techniques including dynamite.,France -
MR5043 Not entered 1869 Granite. 'Original entry: Granitoid Structure In Granite'
From the English Obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle,surface exposure,Egypt
MR1190 Not entered 1869 'Original entry: Meta-Andesite'
Quarry name: Westmorland Slate: at Langdale Westmorland
MR5045 Not entered 1870 'Original entry: Muscovite Granite - Pegmatite'
Bamfos, Snarum,surface exposure,Norway
MR5045 Not entered 1870 Granite. 'Original entry: Muscovite Granite - Pegmatite'
Bamfos, Snarum,surface exposure,Norway
MR12346 Not entered 1870 Schist. 'Original entry: Schist'
Mont Cenis (Fr�jus) Tunnel, Alps. Distance from Modane, Savoie, France 790m,Mont Cenis railway tunnel,The first great Alpine tunnel, driven from two headings from 1857 to 1871, using novel tunnelling techniques including dynamite.,France -
MR4643 Macconachie,A.F. * 1871 'Original entry: Sandstone'
Quarry name: Gatelawbridge Quarry: at 2 miles NE of Thornhill Dumfries-shire
MR12347 Not entered 1871 Psammite, Gritty-Foliated. 'Original entry: Schistose Grit'
Mont Cenis (Fr�jus) Tunnel, Alps. Distance from Modane, Savoie, France 1102m,Mont Cenis railway tunnel,The first great Alpine tunnel, driven from two headings from 1857 to 1871, using novel tunnelling techniques including dynamite.,France -
MR5046 Not entered 1871 Pegmatite. 'Original entry: Augite Granulite - Pegmatite'
Hartmansdorf, Saxony,surface exposure,Germany
MR5047 Not entered 1872 Granite. 'Original entry: Muscovite Granite - Pegmatite'
Aschaffenburg, Bavaria,surface exposure,Germany
MR12348 Not entered 1872 Psammite, Gritty-Foliated. 'Original entry: Schistose Grit'
Mont Cenis (Fr�jus) Tunnel, Alps. Distance from Modane, Savoie, France 1102m,Mont Cenis railway tunnel,The first great Alpine tunnel, driven from two headings from 1857 to 1871, using novel tunnelling techniques including dynamite.,France -
MR5055 Not entered 1873 Porphyry. 'Original entry: Porphyritic Structure In Porfido Verde Antico'
Greece (no details),surface exposure,Greece
MR12349 Not entered 1873 Psammite, Gritty-Foliated. 'Original entry: Schistose Grit'
Mont Cenis (Fr�jus) Tunnel, Alps. Distance from Modane, Savoie, France 1102m,Mont Cenis railway tunnel,The first great Alpine tunnel, driven from two headings from 1857 to 1871, using novel tunnelling techniques including dynamite.,France -
MR7546 Not entered 1874 Marble. 'Original entry: Marble'
From syncline between Furstenaarhorn and St Gotthard Massifs, Andermatt, Canton Uri,surface exposure,Switzerland
MR7551 Not entered 1874 Metamorphic Rocks With Unknown Protolith. 'Original entry: Granulite'
Seifersbad, near Mittweida, Saxony,surface exposure,polished. Normal granulite and pyroxene granulite,Germany
MR7549 Not entered 1874 Slate. 'Original entry: Slate With Fern Leaf'
Col de Balme, Valais,surface exposure,Switzerland
MR7548 Not entered 1874 Conglomerate. 'Original entry: Conglomerate'
Ober-Mittweida, Schreibenberg, Saxony,surface exposure,Germany
MR7547 Not entered 1874 Marble. 'Original entry: Marble'
From syncline wedged into central massif of Furstenaarhorn, Gadmenthal, Bernese Oberland,surface exposure,Switzerland

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