BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E24495; MR18589;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Lime-Oncolite. 'Original entry: Buff Coloured Compact Banded Limestone. Great Oolite Series. Jurassic'
Stratigraphy Bathonian. Great Oolite Group.
Comments Buff coloured compact banded Limestone. Great Oolite Series. Jurassic,Great Oolite Seties,Jurassic,Collected byG H Collins C125
Locality details Foss Cross quarry 700yds S. 30d W. Foss Cross Station
50k map sheet Cirencester (235)

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Map reference SP 055 092
Year collected 1950 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E24495

Cross Polarized, E24495

Plane Polarized, E24495

Plane Polarized, E24495