BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E24478; MR18578;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Limestone. 'Original entry: 'Rag' Above Freestone, Buff Coloured Fossiliferous Limestone'
Stratigraphy Bathonian. Great Oolite Group.
Comments 'Rag' above freestone, buff coloured fossiliferous limestone,Great Oolite Series,Jurassic,Building stone,Collected byG H Collins C979
Locality details Upper Forest Green Quarry,1100 yards W24degN of St George's Church, Nailsworth,
50k map sheet Malmesbury (251)

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Map reference ST 841 999
Year collected 1950 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E24478

Cross Polarized, E24478

Plane Polarized, E24478

Plane Polarized, E24478