BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S27412
Sample Donor Wilson, George Victor
Rock name 'Original entry: Monchiquite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dyke cutting lava
Locality details 200 ft E 38 deg N of Point of Melberry, South Walls
50k map sheet Hoy (117)

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Map reference ND 266 888
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S27412

Cross Polarized, S27412

Plane Polarized, S27412

Plane Polarized, S27412