BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E19957; COLLNOTW 345;
Sample Donor Whitehead,T.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Ferruginous Limestone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments See Liassic Ironstones Memoir, p.161:163. Top Bed of Marlstone Rock-bed. Immed.under Upper Lias Clay;From small trough which lets down the bottom beds of the Upper Lias.
Locality details Redlands Qy. Hook Norton Working Face Hooy.N.W. of Calcining Kilns(.Letter A on Fieldslip.)
50k map sheet Chipping Norton (218)

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Map reference SP 356 339
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E19957

Cross Polarized, E19957

Plane Polarized, E19957

Plane Polarized, E19957