BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E18250; MR17143;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Andesite. 'Original entry: Andesite Of High Rigg Series'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Andesite of High Rigg Series,Collected byS.E. Hollingworth SEH701
Locality details Yew Crag Roadstone Quarry,Yew Crag Roadstone Quarry from near base of 50 feet face 850 yards east 7 degrees south of Roughlow (on Keswick-Ambleside Road) 3 miles S.E. of Keswick, Cumberland,
50k map sheet Keswick (29)

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Map reference NY 308 204
Year collected 1939 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E18250

Cross Polarized, E18250

Plane Polarized, E18250

Plane Polarized, E18250