BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number RC1068/2
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name 'Original entry: Mineral Sample'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Fragment of grey, friable dolomite "crystal" sand, derived from collapse and solution of dolomite during early phase of mineralization. Found in solution cavities as gravitational layers interstratified with crystals of galena and barite.
Locality details Galena. Golconda Mine, Brassington, Derbyshire.
50k map sheet Buxton (111)

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