BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E1242; E1242/A;
Sample Donor Woodward, H.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hard Cherty Oolitic Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Inferior Oolite
Locality details Radstock railway cutting near Frome
50k map sheet Frome (281)

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Map reference ST 692 546
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E1242

Cross Polarized, E1242

Plane Polarized, E1242

Plane Polarized, E1242


E1242/A

Cross Polarized, E1242/A

Plane Polarized, E1242/A

Plane Polarized, E1242/A