BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E34179; COLLNOMK198;
Sample Donor Mckeown,M.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornfels'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Spotted mica schist in metamorphic aureole of Bodmin Granite.
Locality details Exposure of fragments in head in stream, 270 Yds. W. at 9 deg. N. of Hendrawalls Farm.
50k map sheet Boscastle (322)

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Map reference SX 1264 8515
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E34179

Cross Polarized, E34179

Plane Polarized, E34179

Plane Polarized, E34179