BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E2922
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments porphyritic basalt [ altered porphyritic basalt ]: phenocrysts were feldspar but now muscovite. Groundmass finegrained tangle small feldspars with elongate iron ores and muscovite in places - see Lamplugh p320
Locality details Port-y-Mhwyll: dyke cutting 2921
50k map sheet Isle of Man (36)

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Map reference SC 47304 93069
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E2922

Cross Polarized, E2922

Plane Polarized, E2922

Plane Polarized, E2922