BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S28191
Sample Donor Read, H.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Biotite-Muscovite-Oligoclase Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Feldspathic gneiss, Burra Firth Group; granulitised, microaugened, tending to porphyroclastic
Locality details Burra Firth, 500 yds S of The Ness
50k map sheet Unst (131)

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Map reference HP 611 144
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S28191

Cross Polarized, S28191

Plane Polarized, S28191

Plane Polarized, S28191