BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E38127; MR31828; COLLNO26;
Sample Donor Gritstone Project
Rock name 'Original entry: Coarse Feldspathic Lithic Greywacke'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Coarse indurated sandstone. (? basal Arenig). Ordovician. Used as part of 1970's Roadstone Project
Locality details Tyn-y-Cerrig, approx. 200 Yds. S. of Rhosneigr.
50k map sheet Caernarfon (105)

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Map reference SH 328 737
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E38127

Cross Polarized, E38127

Plane Polarized, E38127

Plane Polarized, E38127