BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E2401
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments metadolerite [ ophitic diabase (olivine?) ]: relics of ophitic texture seen, the feldspars altered into calcite, ferromagnesian into chlorite, phenocrysts with calcite and chlorite which look like olivine. A little ilmenite - see Lamplugh p306
Locality details Gob y Voneigh qy, Laurel mount, Lezayre: grey rock , sheared with clacareous spots in shapes of crystals and other pseudomorphs
50k map sheet Isle of Man (36)

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Map reference SC 41070 94219
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions