BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S42130
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Oligoclase-Epidote-Hornblende Granulite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Banded greenish schist overlying massive "clebber" with pink bands
Locality details Basta Voe, SW point of Burra Ness
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 548 949
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S42130

Cross Polarized, S42130

Plane Polarized, S42130

Plane Polarized, S42130