BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30762
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Calcite-Chlorite-Epidote Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Crystalline limestone; much coarse sphene; calcite seems a late replacement
Locality details C25. W side of Cribba Sound
50k map sheet West Shetland ? (127)

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Map reference HU 294 587
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30762

Cross Polarized, S30762

Plane Polarized, S30762

Plane Polarized, S30762