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Bolsover Moor Stone

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Sample: 79

Local Name:	Bolsover Moor Stone
Quarry Name:	Bolsover Moor Quarries, Bolsover
Location:	Southampton Lithics collection. Derbyshire Box 1, Tray 5 & 7.
Comments:	None Recorded

Macroscopic Images:

	Fresh Surface. Close up of surface detail
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Photomicrographs:

	Crossed Polarised Light.		Plane Polarised Light.
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Physical Characteristics:

Fresh Primary Colour Secondary Colour Primary Munsell Code Secondary Munsell Code Surface Appearance Hardness Feel Grain Sorting Grain Size Cream / Yellow None 10YR 7/3   Granular Hard Rough Well Sorted Medium

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