BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E11378; COLLNO69;
Sample Donor Greenly,E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Powder Of Acid Band In Basic Gneiss. Sillimanite (Sillimanite & Bio Gneiss)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. The Gneisses. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.pp.322-3 Sillimanite etc. Residues
Locality details Adjoining E.side S.end of Werthyr alluvium
50k map sheet Holyhead (93)

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Map reference SH 374 778
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E11378

Cross Polarized, E11378

Plane Polarized, E11378

Plane Polarized, E11378