BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S43268
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Biotite-Oligoclase Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Semipelitic gneiss: occasional garnet. Anal Lab No. 1766
Locality details Whale Firth, 160 yds from mouth of Dens Burn, Yell
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 470 945
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S43268

Cross Polarized, S43268

Plane Polarized, S43268

Plane Polarized, S43268