BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E49793; COLLNOAN39;
Sample Donor Wilson,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz, Sericite, (Muscovite), Biotite, Hornfels'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments S2 and S3 cleavage in spotted slates. ( ? Devonian).
Locality details Exposures above high Water Mark at Carrack Gladden, 620 m. at 082 deg from Carbis Bay Railway Station.
50k map sheet Penzance (351)

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Map reference SW 5350 3884
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E49793

Cross Polarized, E49793

Plane Polarized, E49793

Plane Polarized, E49793