BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10975; COLLNO56;
Sample Donor Matley, C.A
Rock name 'Original entry: Grit'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments see mem. Geology of Anglesey p 477 Calcareous and somewhat deformed & confused. Fragments of Gwna rocks. From a Grit Land in Ordovician Ordovician Glenkiln Bed
Locality details Porth Newydd
50k map sheet Holyhead (93)

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Map reference SH 306 929
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10975

Cross Polarized, E10975

Plane Polarized, E10975

Plane Polarized, E10975