BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E11159
Sample Donor Barrow, G.
Rock name Metadolostone. 'Original entry: Shale.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Character of ? cannot be determined. See Geology of country around Lichfield, p.8. Spotted shale.
Locality details Dosthill, two and a half miles south of Tamworth.
50k map sheet Lichfield (154)

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Map reference SP 21165 99867
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E11159

Cross Polarized, E11159

Plane Polarized, E11159

Plane Polarized, E11159