BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E54525; COLLNOWJ6;
Sample Donor Barclay, W.J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Upper Old Red Sandstone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz conglomerate Group, Upper Old Red Sandstone. Specimen shows fenestral fabric presumed to be a laminated calcrete horizon
Locality details Exposure below track (old tramway), below Llangattock Quarries. 1500 m. W. 21.5 deg. N. of Wern Watkin.
50k map sheet Abergavenny (232)

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Map reference SO 2006 1592
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E54525

Cross Polarized, E54525

Plane Polarized, E54525

Plane Polarized, E54525