BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10893; COLLNO294;
Sample Donor Blake,Professor
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.pp.376-7. Characters unusual. Can it be a gneiss involved in the Pen-Zone metamorphism ?
Locality details N. Boss, Holland Arms
50k map sheet Caernarfon (105)

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Map reference SH 474 725
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10893

Cross Polarized, E10893

Plane Polarized, E10893

Plane Polarized, E10893