BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E38898
Sample Donor Hammond, M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Andesine, Hornblende, Ilmenite, Hornfels.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Greenstone - contact altered basic igneous rock.
Locality details Dump material from small mine, approximately 1.75 m W.S.W. of Camborne Railway station.
50k map sheet Falmouth (352)

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Map reference SW 622 392
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E38898

Cross Polarized, E38898

Plane Polarized, E38898

Plane Polarized, E38898