BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S37404
Sample Donor Whitehead,T.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Sandstone With Fluorite Cement'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Part of sandstone calculated 1075 ft thick at N end of quarry (Lowest worked bed); See Fluor Mem. 4th Ed. 1952, p. 125
Locality details Greenbrae Quarry, 0.5 mile W of Free Church, Hopeman
50k map sheet Elgin (95)

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Map reference NJ 138 692
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S37404

Cross Polarized, S37404

Plane Polarized, S37404

Plane Polarized, S37404