BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E50653; COLLNODF1246;
Sample Donor Frost,D.V.
Rock name 'Original entry: Pyroxene Bearing Hornfels'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Samples spanning granite boundary between Cheviot Granite and andesitic lavas, showing incorporation of country rock.
Locality details River Breamish, 400 Yds. NE. of Low Bleakhope.
50k map sheet The Cheviot (5)

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Map reference NT 9367 1562
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E50653

Cross Polarized, E50653

Plane Polarized, E50653

Plane Polarized, E50653