BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10689; COLLNO90;
Sample Donor Blake,Professor
Rock name 'Original entry: Limestone. Calcareous Band In Gneiss.'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. Pen-Zone. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.p.341. Calcite, white mica, quartz, graphite. Well developed mica plates. Film of graphitic dust
Locality details West of Trecastell Bay
50k map sheet Caernarfon (105)

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Map reference SH 331 706
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10689

Cross Polarized, E10689

Plane Polarized, E10689

Plane Polarized, E10689