BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E17507
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Diorite.
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 6" Map (and quarter sheet), 17N.W. From bottom of quarry about 60ft below ground level.
Locality details Charnwood Granite Quarries, Shepshed.
50k map sheet Loughborough (141)

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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


E17507

Cross Polarized, E17507

Plane Polarized, E17507

Plane Polarized, E17507