BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E38731; COLLNOCE24;
Sample Donor Evans,C.D.R.
Rock name 'Original entry: Tuff'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Splintery acid tuff, about 4 ft thick in lower part of the bedded pyroclastics.
Locality details 430 yds 183 deg from Dolwyddelan Castle
50k map sheet Snowdon (119)

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Map reference SH 7219 7203
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E38731

Cross Polarized, E38731

Plane Polarized, E38731

Plane Polarized, E38731