BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E18737; MR17394;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Ironstone. 'Original entry: Ironstone - 2 Specimens. Middle Lias'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Ironstone - 2 specimens. Middle Lias,ironstone, WY4
Locality details disused Stone Quarry alongside Waltham-Sproxton Road, 800 yards west of St. Bartholomew's Church, Sproxton (8 miles S.W. of Grantham) (NGR is quoted for Sproxton),
50k map sheet Bourne (143)

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Map reference SK 852 245
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E18737

Cross Polarized, E18737

Plane Polarized, E18737

Plane Polarized, E18737