BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E2900
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments granite porphyry [ microgranite ]: orthoclase, plagioclase and quartz phenocrysts, the latter strained and granulitized, biotite aggregates and small scattered garnets. Groundmass feldspar, quartz and very abundant muscovite with a lineation. - see
Locality details Barony Hill: Dyke from Dhoon granite
50k map sheet Isle of Man (46)

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Map reference SC 46590 87313
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E2900

Cross Polarized, E2900

Plane Polarized, E2900

Plane Polarized, E2900