BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E20728; E20728/A; MR17701;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name 'Original entry: Granite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pres. by C.E. Ebbutt Cornish & Devon Granite Merchants Association (Nov. 1944). Qy. of WesternCounties Granite Co. Ltd.
Locality details Trolvis Lower Gate Quarry, Longdowns, Penryn
50k map sheet Falmouth (352)

View images in GeoScenic related to 'Falmouth'

View the geology near 'Falmouth'

Map reference SW 742 346
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

Links to high resolution images

Transition from XPL to PPL light


E20728

Cross Polarized, E20728

Plane Polarized, E20728

Plane Polarized, E20728


E20728/A

Cross Polarized, E20728/A

Plane Polarized, E20728/A

Plane Polarized, E20728/A