BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E35050; COLLNODS295;
Sample Donor Smith,D.B.
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Breccia near Lagooned margin of middle Magnesian Limestone reef. Fragments of laminated Stromatolite Dolomite
Locality details 3yd N. of Colliery Railway on N. side of cutting at S. end of Tunstall Hills 1/3m N. of Tunstall Village
50k map sheet Sunderland (21)

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Map reference NZ 3928 5393
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E35050

Cross Polarized, E35050

Plane Polarized, E35050

Plane Polarized, E35050