BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E49785; COLLNOAN31;
Sample Donor Wilson,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Tourmaline Bearing Cummingtonite, Plagioclase, Phlogopite, Ilmenite, Sphene, Hornfels'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Feldspathic segregation in cordierite bearing basic igneous rock. ( ? Devonian).
Locality details Exposures near gully, just N of Zawn A Bal, 420 m. at 197 deg from triangulation point at The Crowns.
50k map sheet Penzance (351)

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Map reference SW 3619 3333
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E49785

Cross Polarized, E49785

Plane Polarized, E49785

Plane Polarized, E49785