BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S50814; COLLNOYC1330;
Sample Donor Mykura,W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Felsite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments with K-feldspar phenocrysts and xenocrysts of basalt lava - ?matrix sedimentary - sheared rock according to Haldane
Locality details Papa Little, SE coast, 590 yds S 36 deg E of summit of South Ward
50k map sheet Central Shetland (128)

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Map reference HU 339 604
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S50814

Cross Polarized, S50814

Plane Polarized, S50814

Plane Polarized, S50814