BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E19008; E19008/A; E19008/B;
Sample Donor Road Board
Rock name 'Original entry: Melilite-Merwinite-Slag'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Merwinite enclosing melilite ophitically,also graphic intergrowths. E.19008B.-XXV111 p.38. E.19008. -XXV111 pp.35-6:38
Locality details Stoke depot.of Messers.Hadfields Ltd. (Hope & Caldonlow Qys.,) Stoke on Trent
50k map sheet Stoke-on-Trent (123)

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Map reference SJ 88 47
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E19008

Cross Polarized, E19008

Plane Polarized, E19008

Plane Polarized, E19008


E19008/A

Cross Polarized, E19008/A

Plane Polarized, E19008/A

Plane Polarized, E19008/A


E19008/B

Cross Polarized, E19008/B

Plane Polarized, E19008/B

Plane Polarized, E19008/B