BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E45055; COLLNOKB661;
Sample Donor Beer,K.E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Peridotite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Tough peridotite. As fresh as available in all the cores.
Locality details BH. No. 6, 647 m. at 303 deg. from Polyphant Chapel, Polyphant, near Launceston.
50k map sheet Tavistock (337)

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Map reference SX 2570 8259
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E45055

Cross Polarized, E45055

Plane Polarized, E45055

Plane Polarized, E45055