BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E49665; MR33132; COLLNODAN1627;
Sample Donor Dangerfield,J.; Hawkes,J.R.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Granite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Megacrystic granite, (contaminated; fine contact facies).
Locality details Old quarry, Price's Folly, 1.45 Km. bearing 318 deg from St.Pol de Leon's Church, Paul
50k map sheet Penzance (358)

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Map reference SW 4546 2821
Year collected 1976 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E49665

Cross Polarized, E49665

Plane Polarized, E49665

Plane Polarized, E49665