BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E11008; COLLNO89;
Sample Donor Matley, C.A
Rock name 'Original entry: Mylonised Shale'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Ordovician. Arenig. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey. pp.545:465:555. Folding Pl. X111. Just below Carmel Head Thrust Plane. Highly sheared with authigenic mica. Ordovician beds just below thrust.
Locality details Porth-yr-Ebol
50k map sheet Holyhead (93)

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Map reference SH 301 928
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E11008

Cross Polarized, E11008

Plane Polarized, E11008

Plane Polarized, E11008