BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30719
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Granite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Granite gneiss - granite contact; coarse poikilitic quartz; spherulitic chlorite; some calcite
Locality details C16. 200 yds S of the Head of Northra Voe, Vementry
50k map sheet West Shetland ? (127)

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Map reference HU 293 605
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30719

Cross Polarized, S30719

Plane Polarized, S30719

Plane Polarized, S30719