BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number MR19322
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Limestone. 'Original entry: 'Freestone' Cream Coloured Shelly (Porous Due To Dissolution Of Shell Fragments)'
Stratigraphy Portlandian. Purbeck Group.
Comments 'Freestone' cream coloured shelly (porous due to dissolution of shell fragments),Purbeck Beds,Upper Jurassic,building stone,Collected byJ.E. Morey JEM347
Locality details Downs Quarry,Downs Quarry, west of Langton, Matravers, Dorset,
50k map sheet Swanage (343)

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Map reference SY 981 790
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions