BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E47398; E47398/A; E47398/B; COLLNOAN24;
Sample Donor Wilson,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Contact Altered Spilitized Pillow Lava'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Fine grained basaltic pillow lava, ( ? Devonian ) within aureole of Lan's End Granite.
Locality details Crags, immediately W. of Coastguards lookout on Gurnards Head, 1120 m. bearing 340 deg from Treen.
50k map sheet Penzance (351)

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Map reference SW 4318 3875
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E47398/A

Cross Polarized, E47398/A

Plane Polarized, E47398/A

Plane Polarized, E47398/A


E47398/B

Cross Polarized, E47398/B

Plane Polarized, E47398/B

Plane Polarized, E47398/B