BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40347
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Keratophyre'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz-keratophyre. Green epidiorite, not foliated, is c. 1 ft thick and tends to cross foliation as if it had originally been slightly cross-cutting
Locality details Just S of Swiddy Geos, Tresta
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 610 905
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40347

Cross Polarized, S40347

Plane Polarized, S40347

Plane Polarized, S40347