BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E261
Sample Donor Ward, Rev. C
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Biotite Porphyry'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz felsite
Locality details Pyke E side of Peers Gill
50k map sheet Cumbria or Ambleside (38)

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Map reference NY 21 08
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E261

Cross Polarized, E261

Plane Polarized, E261

Plane Polarized, E261