BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E61333; COLLNOLC811;
Sample Donor Fortey,N.J.
Rock name Metadolostone; Tuff;. 'Original entry: Ash'
Stratigraphy Brathay Flags
Comments 2 cm thick pyritic grey ash band in the Brathay Flags.
Locality details Applethwaite Slate Quarry, Troutbeck, near Ambleside; foot of old faces in largest of the pits
50k map sheet Kendal (39)

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Map reference NY 4235 0340
Year collected 1989 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E61333

Cross Polarized, E61333

Plane Polarized, E61333

Plane Polarized, E61333