BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E23625; MR18306; COLLNOVW69;
Sample Donor Wilson,V.
Rock name 'Original entry: Partly Oxidised Shelly Calcitic Chamosite Oolite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments See Bambury memoir 1965 Chapter v Shelly bands in Marlstone Ironstone
Locality details Staveley Coal & Iron Co's Marlstone & Ironstone quarry 1000y NW. of church Byfield near Daventry
50k map sheet Banbury (201)

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Map reference SP 515 535
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E23625

Cross Polarized, E23625

Plane Polarized, E23625

Plane Polarized, E23625