BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S28885; COLLNODH1650;
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Porphyry'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dyke A; West Shetland Mem, pp. 240, 255 and Plate XXIX Fig. 5
Locality details Muckle Roe; Ness of Gillarona
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 327 627
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S28885

Cross Polarized, S28885

Plane Polarized, S28885

Plane Polarized, S28885