BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10776; COLLNO177;
Sample Donor Blake,Professor
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. Pen-Zone. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.p.372. Hornblende, epidote, schist
Locality details S.of [Tan]-Y-Graig, Gaerwen
50k map sheet Caernarfon (105)

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Map reference SH 478 728
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10776

Cross Polarized, E10776

Plane Polarized, E10776

Plane Polarized, E10776