BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S28519
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Feldspar-Phyric Aegirine-Riebeckite Felsite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz-feldspar-phyric aegirine-riebeckite felsite. Blue porphyritic part of a blue-pink spherulitic dyke set; Min Mag, Vol XXIX, p. 364. Vol. XL, p. 98
Locality details Eillams Wells, 2250 ft 27 deg W of N of exit from Innis Loch
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 328 914
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S28519

Cross Polarized, S28519

Plane Polarized, S28519

Plane Polarized, S28519