BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E21175; MR17766; COLLNOWY 12;
Sample Donor Wray, D.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Sideritic Shell-Fragment Limestone Partly Oxidised'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments See Liassic Ironstones Memoir p.106:115:131. Marlstone Bed. 18" thick worked for road metal. See also PET XXX p24
Locality details Qys., half-mile S.W.of Frieston House, Lincolnshire
50k map sheet Grantham (127)

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Map reference SK 931 470
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E21175

Cross Polarized, E21175

Plane Polarized, E21175

Plane Polarized, E21175