BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S28611
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Basic igneous dyke; phenocrysts of perthite, acid plagiocalse, corroded quartz
Locality details Kneefill Ness, Muckle Roe
50k map sheet West Shetland ? (127)

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Map reference HU 291 654
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S28611

Cross Polarized, S28611

Plane Polarized, S28611

Plane Polarized, S28611