BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S29431
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende-Epidote-Porphyroblastic Granulite = Contact-Altered Vesicular Andesit'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Hornblende-epidote-porphyroblastic granulite = contact-altered vesicular andesite. Hornfelsed xenolith in granite
Locality details Shore 190 ft SE of The Brig, Colla Firth
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 356 844
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S29431

Cross Polarized, S29431

Plane Polarized, S29431

Plane Polarized, S29431