BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E20543
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine-Dolerite.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Impact test 17 blows to cause failure.
Locality details Bentley Quarry, one mile west of Walsall, off main Wolverhampton Road on Bentley Common.
50k map sheet Lichfield (154)

View images in GeoScenic related to 'Lichfield'

View the geology near 'Lichfield'

Map reference SO 09 09
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

Links to high resolution images

Transition from XPL to PPL light


E20543

Cross Polarized, E20543

Plane Polarized, E20543

Plane Polarized, E20543