BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E20224; COLLNOAWW57;
Sample Donor Woodland,A.W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Tuffaceous Sandstone Grading Into Secondary Carbonate Haematite Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Red band in ore bed.
Locality details Benallt Mine, vicinity of Old Court shaft working.
50k map sheet Aberdaron and Bardsey Island (133)

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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


E20224

Cross Polarized, E20224

Plane Polarized, E20224

Plane Polarized, E20224