BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N11331; N11331/A; N11331/B; N11331/C; COLLNODO879;
Sample Donor Barber, Anthony J. Emeritus Royal Holloway Collage
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments With hornblende porphyroblasts
Locality details Port Mor, Avernish
50k map sheet Glenelg (71)

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Map reference NG 833 258
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N11331

Cross Polarized, N11331

Plane Polarized, N11331

Plane Polarized, N11331


N11331/A

Cross Polarized, N11331/A

Plane Polarized, N11331/A

Plane Polarized, N11331/A


N11331/B

Cross Polarized, N11331/B

Plane Polarized, N11331/B

Plane Polarized, N11331/B


N11331/C

Cross Polarized, N11331/C

Plane Polarized, N11331/C

Plane Polarized, N11331/C