BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E26750
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Top part of band below DG 67. Rock at least 29' 8" thick to bottom of shaft. Specimen from 1427' below the surface. Palaeontological evidence suggests tremadoc age.
Locality details Baddesley Colliery No.3 Shaft; 1400 yards at 241 degrees from south corner of Merevale Church.
50k map sheet Coalville (155)

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Map reference SP 280 970
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E26750

Cross Polarized, E26750

Plane Polarized, E26750

Plane Polarized, E26750