BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E39476; COLLNOBL221;
Sample Donor Leveridge,B.E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Tuff'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 53 ft above base of Section. Snowdon Rhyolite Tuffs; Tuff units forming prominent crags on the N and S sides of Lledr Valley at Dolwyddelan;
Locality details 730 yds N of Dolwyddelan Railway Station
50k map sheet Snowdon (119)

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Map reference SH 7381 5284
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E39476

Cross Polarized, E39476

Plane Polarized, E39476

Plane Polarized, E39476