BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10614; COLLNO15;
Sample Donor Blake,Professor
Rock name 'Original entry: Ophicalcite,After Peridotite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. Plutonic Intrusion. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey. pp.106:273. Carbonate, haematite, talc, magnetite, etc. Pseudomorphs after olivine
Locality details S.point of Point Delise
50k map sheet Holyhead (93)

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Map reference SH 280 842
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10614

Cross Polarized, E10614

Plane Polarized, E10614

Plane Polarized, E10614