BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E43615; COLLNOBCW270; LABNO2489;
Sample Donor Worsam,B.C.
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments pan formed on Clay soil by cementation of weathered ironstone fragments. Possibly used as Iron Ore in Bloomery furnaces at a site some 350m to the north
Locality details Loose fragment on field surface 1200m at 090d from Upper Prestwood Farm and 900m at 233d from Westfield Farm Charlwood
50k map sheet Horsham (302)

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Map reference TQ 247 397
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E43615

Cross Polarized, E43615

Plane Polarized, E43615

Plane Polarized, E43615