BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E18510; MR17336;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Limestone. 'Original entry: Carboniferous Limestone Used Maily For Road-Metal And Setts'
Stratigraphy Carboniferous.
Comments Carboniferous Limestone used maily for road-metal and setts,Carboniferous Limestone,Collected byT. Eastwood
Locality details Hopton Quarries,Hopton Quarries, near road junction 2 miles west by south of Cromford, Derbyshire,
50k map sheet Chesterfield (112)

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Map reference SK 263 556
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E18510

Cross Polarized, E18510

Plane Polarized, E18510

Plane Polarized, E18510