BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E32862; MR29834; COLLNOGP100;
Sample Donor Poole,E.G.
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Step faulting (?Pencontemporaneous) in cleaved Beacon Hill hornstone and grits about 155' below base of slate agglomerate group. Charnian pre-c.
Locality details North end of M1 cutting east of the Hollies. North of Markfield roundabout (Skew Lane Road intersection) and 400 yards west 5 degrees north of White Hill Farm.
50k map sheet Coalville (155)

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Map reference SK 4788 1179
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E32862

Cross Polarized, E32862

Plane Polarized, E32862

Plane Polarized, E32862