BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E38899
Sample Donor Hammond, M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende, Plagioclase, Sphene, Hornfels.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Greenstone - contact altered basic igneous rock.
Locality details Small quarry approximately 1.5 m W.S.W. of Camborne Railway station.
50k map sheet Falmouth (352)

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Map reference SW 626 393
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E38899

Cross Polarized, E38899

Plane Polarized, E38899

Plane Polarized, E38899