BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E38120; MR31819; COLLNOGRIT/PRO17;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name 'Original entry: Feldspathic Greywacke'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pickwell Down Sandstone. Upper Devonian. (Gritstone Project). Used as part of 1970's Roadstone Project
Locality details Stoneybridge Quarry,900 Yds. East of Nethercott which is 1.75 miles N. of Braunton.
50k map sheet Bideford (292)

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Map reference SS 4935 3950
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E38120

Cross Polarized, E38120

Plane Polarized, E38120

Plane Polarized, E38120