BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E18702; COLLNO15;
Sample Donor Buchan,S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Sand'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lower Tunbridge Wells Sand [silica sand rock] all Zircon, rutile & ? Minerals
Locality details Roadside cutting 220yds NE. Hoath School & 25yds Se. Methodist Chapel. The Hotath 1 3/4m S. of Chiddingstone
50k map sheet Sevenoaks (287)

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Map reference TQ 498 426
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E18702

Cross Polarized, E18702

Plane Polarized, E18702

Plane Polarized, E18702