BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10763; COLLNO164;
Sample Donor Blake,Professor
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende Epidote Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. Pen-Zone. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.p.369. Albite: also spherical groups of epidote. Probably after spilite
Locality details S.of Newborough
50k map sheet Caernarfon (105)

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Map reference SH 425 652
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10763

Cross Polarized, E10763

Plane Polarized, E10763

Plane Polarized, E10763