BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E8057; COLLNO1620;
Sample Donor Howe,J.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Silica Brick. Quartzite Fragments In Matrix Of Glass With Tridymite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Used silica brick.
Locality details River Dines Brick. (H&HE Smart) after 12 months in a furnace (steel at Llanelly Steel Furnace.
50k map sheet Swansea (247)

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Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E8057

Cross Polarized, E8057

Plane Polarized, E8057

Plane Polarized, E8057