BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E2824
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments actinolite schist [ actinolite trap ]: great sheafs of bluish green fibrous hornblende and more fibrous actinolite. Sphene, epidote and iron ores not so abundant as usual. - see Lamplugh p311
Locality details corner of field, N of Cooillingill: sphene and epidote
50k map sheet Isle of Man (46)

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Map reference SC 30823 79542
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E2824

Cross Polarized, E2824

Plane Polarized, E2824

Plane Polarized, E2824