BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S21306
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Paragneiss; Hornblende-Bearing Gneiss At Margin Of Granite Gneiss Body'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Series showing merging of Ben Hogh Granite Gneiss into narrow margin rich in hornblende; contaminated border; Memoir, pp. 14, 23
Locality details N limit of blown sand, Hogh Bay
50k map sheet Coll (51)

View images in GeoScenic related to 'Coll'

View the geology near 'Coll'

Map reference NM 1711 5773
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

Links to high resolution images

Transition from XPL to PPL light


S21306

Cross Polarized, S21306

Plane Polarized, S21306

Plane Polarized, S21306