BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30767
Sample Donor Robertson,T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Sericitised Rhyolite Or Ash'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?Acid lava; fragments of various acid and basic rocks, feldspar crystals and aggregates, quartz crystals and fragments
Locality details C10. S end of Ness of Nounsbrough
50k map sheet West Shetland ? (127)

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Map reference HU 290 563
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30767

Cross Polarized, S30767

Plane Polarized, S30767

Plane Polarized, S30767