BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E32825; COLLNOKH199; ELABNO1981;
Sample Donor Harrison,R.K.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments KH198-204 sampled through second bench in fresh columnar basalt (12 ft) at approx 18 in intervals. Upper lava horizon.
Locality details Hughes Bros. (Derbyshire Granite Co.) Quarry. Water Swallows, about 2 ml NE of Buxton.
50k map sheet Chapel en le Frith (99)

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Map reference SK 086 750
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E32825

Cross Polarized, E32825

Plane Polarized, E32825

Plane Polarized, E32825