BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E26226; MR19679; COLLNOBW242;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Andesite. 'Original entry: Silurian Andesite (Or Basalt?)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Silurian andesite (or basalt?),Collected byF.B.A. Welch BW242
Locality details Downhead Quarry,Downhead Quarry (Perry & Perry Ltd.), 550 yards west of Downhead Church (Grid ref. ST/6870, 4611) - ambiguous, 2 Downheads in Somerset,
50k map sheet Frome (281)

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Map reference ST 688 461
Year collected 1954 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E26226

Cross Polarized, E26226

Plane Polarized, E26226

Plane Polarized, E26226