BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S15079
Sample Donor Horne, J.; Peach, B.N.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Porphyrite, Trans Roy Soc Edin Vol 32, pp 359-388
Locality details Ronas Voe, Northmaven (contemporaneous)
50k map sheet North Shetland ? (129)

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Map reference HU 263 840
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S15079

Cross Polarized, S15079

Plane Polarized, S15079

Plane Polarized, S15079