BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E11391; COLLNO163;
Sample Donor Greenly,E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Powder Of Acid Gneiss. Idocrase In Sillimanite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. The Gneisses. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.pp.135-6: 328-9. Green mineral, identified as idocrase Residues
Locality details Coast 400ft. SSW.of "P"of "P"enrhyn Glas
50k map sheet Holyhead (93)

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Map reference SH 491 910
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E11391

Cross Polarized, E11391

Plane Polarized, E11391

Plane Polarized, E11391