BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E47399; E47399/A; E47399/B; COLLNOAN25;
Sample Donor Wilson,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Contact Altered Spilitized Dolerite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Medium grained intrusive basaltic greenstone. ( ? Greenstone ).
Locality details Crags, SW. of Colon on Gurnards Head, 770 m. bearing 336 deg from Treen.
50k map sheet Penzance (351)

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Map reference SW 4325 3843
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E47399/A

Cross Polarized, E47399/A

Plane Polarized, E47399/A

Plane Polarized, E47399/A


E47399/B

Cross Polarized, E47399/B

Plane Polarized, E47399/B

Plane Polarized, E47399/B