BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10781; COLLNO182;
Sample Donor Blake,Professor
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. The Gneisses. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.pp.376-7 Saussurite: much crushed & mylonised
Locality details N.of northern gneiss, Holland Arms
50k map sheet Caernarfon (105)

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Map reference SH 470 725
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10781

Cross Polarized, E10781

Plane Polarized, E10781

Plane Polarized, E10781