BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E2912
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments diorite [ hornblendic rock ]: augite sometimes changed into uralite. Intergrown with brown hornblende - see Lamplugh p322
Locality details NE of Oatlands mass: basic part, with large hornblendes
50k map sheet Isle of Man (46)

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Map reference SC 32348 72434
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E2912

Cross Polarized, E2912

Plane Polarized, E2912

Plane Polarized, E2912