BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E27196
Sample Donor Gray,D.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Foraminiferal Chalk'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Depth 115' Percussion Bore Upper Chalk ? Zone of Belemnitella Mucronata
Locality details Bore for Atomic Energy Authority 328/108c 1300yds NW. of West Stafford Church
50k map sheet Dorchester (328)

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Map reference SY 716 906
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E27196

Cross Polarized, E27196

Plane Polarized, E27196

Plane Polarized, E27196