BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E49781; COLLNOAN27;
Sample Donor Wilson,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz, Biotite, Sericite, (Muscovite) Hornfels'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments F2 folds and S2 cleavage in spotted slates. (? Devonian).
Locality details Foreshore, Priest's Cove, 460 m. at 327 deg from triangulation point on Carn Gloose.
50k map sheet Penzance (351)

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Map reference SW 3578 3168
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E49781

Cross Polarized, E49781

Plane Polarized, E49781

Plane Polarized, E49781