BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E24475; MR18576;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Limestone. 'Original entry: Freestone, Fawn Coloured Oolite'
Stratigraphy Bathonian. Great Oolite Group.
Comments Freestone, fawn coloured oolite,Great Oolite Series,Jurassic,Building stone,Collected byG H Collins C92
Locality details Cotswold Dale Quarry,1000 yards E18degS of Tetbury Church,note that Tetbury is in Gloucestershire
50k map sheet Malmesbury (251)

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Map reference ST 893 927
Year collected 1950 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E24475

Cross Polarized, E24475

Plane Polarized, E24475

Plane Polarized, E24475