BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E19483; COLLNOKD183;
Sample Donor Dunham,K.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Chilled Albitized & Seicitized Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments TOP OF WHIN SILL, BENEATH SANDSTONE, DIPPING S.20d
Locality details EXPOSURE IN RIVER SOUTH TYNE 1600'S. OF DORTHGILL FOOT
50k map sheet Alston (25)

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Map reference NY 761 376
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E19483

Cross Polarized, E19483

Plane Polarized, E19483

Plane Polarized, E19483