BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E32113; COLLNOJW339;
Sample Donor Wright,J.E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Pyrrhotiferous Baked Mudstone With Quartz Axinite Veins.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Black hornfelsed mudstone, with irregular patches and veins of coarser mineralization.
Locality details Old dump at Throwleigh Mine, (disused), 1790 Yds. N. 32 deg. W. of East Ash Farm.
50k map sheet Okehampton (324)

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Map reference SX 671 925
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E32113

Cross Polarized, E32113

Plane Polarized, E32113

Plane Polarized, E32113