BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E31235; MR26273;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name 'Original entry: Tonstein'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 2 and a half inch band 13" above roof of "Bottom Robins Coal".
Locality details Hilton Main Colliery 4 miles N.N.E. of Wolverhampton. Level 9400' above mining datum and 600' below sea level. In 9400' N.W. lateral tunnel at measure-mark 2803'.
50k map sheet Wolverhampton (153)

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Map reference SJ 93794 05086
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E31235

Cross Polarized, E31235

Plane Polarized, E31235

Plane Polarized, E31235