BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E10600; COLLNO1;
Sample Donor Blake,Professor
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Sheet 92 (see note on loose sheet) Mona Complex. Holyhead Quartzite. See Mem.Geol.of Anglesey.p.268. Quartz,white mica & accessories. Texture blasto psammitic
Locality details Holyhead Great Quarry, vertical
50k map sheet South Stack (92)

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Map reference SH 227 832
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E10600

Cross Polarized, E10600

Plane Polarized, E10600

Plane Polarized, E10600