BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S47594
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Epidote-Albite-Hornblende Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Probably shear-recrystallised: banded hornblende gneiss
Locality details S shore of Colla Firth, 2050 ft 9 deg W of N of Ness of Queyfirth
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 361 831
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S47594

Cross Polarized, S47594

Plane Polarized, S47594

Plane Polarized, S47594