BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S33082
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Diopside Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Diopside rock. Granulite; colourless pyroxene; faintly brown biotite
Locality details Firths Voe, N shore, point S of lighthouse
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 454 746
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S33082

Cross Polarized, S33082

Plane Polarized, S33082

Plane Polarized, S33082