BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E20256
Sample Donor Melville, R.V.
Rock name 'Original entry: Chert, Calcareous And Silicified Spicules; Blende'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Crinoid debris, ooliths and spicular chert. Lower Lias.
Locality details No. 2 Bore, Royal Ordanance Factory, Bridgend.
50k map sheet Bridgend (262)

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Map reference SS 9222 7866
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name No. 2. Bore, Royal Ordanance Factory.
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E20256

Cross Polarized, E20256

Plane Polarized, E20256

Plane Polarized, E20256