BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E11019; COLLNO100;
Sample Donor Matley, C.A
Rock name 'Original entry: Ophicalcite After Dunite. Purple Limestone.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. Plutonic Intrusion. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.p.321 & c.f. E.10388. Dolomite, haematite, tremolite. Associated with serpentine.
Locality details Old Qy. Near Llanfechell Chapel.
50k map sheet Holyhead (93)

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Map reference SH 369 912
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E11019

Cross Polarized, E11019

Plane Polarized, E11019

Plane Polarized, E11019