BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E38904; COLLNOZENNOR1;
Sample Donor Hammond, M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende, Diopside, Plagiocolase, Galena, Garnet, Hornfels'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Greenstone; contact altered basic igneous rock.
Locality details Fragments in soil in fields; approximately 3/4 mile W of Zennor.
50k map sheet Penzance (351)

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Map reference SW 443 383
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E38904

Cross Polarized, E38904

Plane Polarized, E38904

Plane Polarized, E38904