BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10874; COLLNO275;
Sample Donor Blake,Professor
Rock name 'Original entry: Spilite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mona Complex. Gwna beds. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.pp.378-9 Variolitic. Porphyritic albite & pseudomorphs after augite
Locality details Newborough sand, W.side w.greenstone
50k map sheet Caernarfon (105)

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Map reference SH 41 66
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10874

Cross Polarized, E10874

Plane Polarized, E10874

Plane Polarized, E10874