BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E49788; COLLNOAN34;
Sample Donor Wilson,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz, Sericite, (Muscovite), Biotite, Hornfels'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments F2 folds and S2 cleavage in spotted slates. ( ? Devonian).
Locality details Crags S. of Botallack Head, 120 m. at 306 deg from triangulation point at The Crowns.
50k map sheet Penzance (351)

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Map reference SW 3622 3379
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E49788

Cross Polarized, E49788

Plane Polarized, E49788

Plane Polarized, E49788