BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E24447; MR18558; COLLNOC48;
Sample Donor Collins,G.H.
Rock name Lime-Oncolite. 'Original entry: Creamy Coloured Fossiliferous Oolitic Limestone, Building Stone'
Stratigraphy Bathonian. Great Oolite Group.
Comments Creamy coloured fossiliferous oolitic limestone, building stone,Great Oolite Series,Lower Jurassic,Building stone,Collected byG H Collins C46
Locality details Red Lion Quarry,quarry 400 yards W10degN of Union Workhouse, Odd Down, Bath,
50k map sheet Frome (281)

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Map reference ST 738 623
Year collected 1950 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E24447

Cross Polarized, E24447

Plane Polarized, E24447

Plane Polarized, E24447