BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E28877; COLLNO109;
Sample Donor Road Research Laboratory
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyritic Trachyte'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Claimed to be horneblende-porphyrite (P) Described as Qtz-Oligoclase-Trachyte (P)
Locality details Downhead Qy., Shepton Mallet
50k map sheet Frome (281)

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Map reference ST 688 461
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E28877

Cross Polarized, E28877

Plane Polarized, E28877

Plane Polarized, E28877