BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E19649
Sample Donor Dines,H.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Chlorite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Apatite, Fluorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lode being worked above adit. Complex with iridescent blende, said to contain a fair proportion of tin; Granite country rock.
Locality details Great Condurrow. (Worked by Camborn School of Mines).
50k map sheet Falmouth (352)

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Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E19649

Cross Polarized, E19649

Plane Polarized, E19649

Plane Polarized, E19649