BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40509
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Pyroxene-Epidote-Amphibole Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pyroxene-epidote-amphibole rock. Carious-weathering ellipsoidal mass in foliated hornblende-feldspar rock group
Locality details Rock scars about 500 ft NNE from S point of Aith Ness
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 635 896
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40509

Cross Polarized, S40509

Plane Polarized, S40509

Plane Polarized, S40509