BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number E46529; COLLNORT59;
Sample Donor Taylor, R.T.
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Hard purplish brown rock with amphibole bearing patches. Similar lithology found on surrounding fields within contact aureole of the Godolphin granite.
Locality details Engine shaft dump, Tregembo. 2.08 Km. at 071 deg from St. Hilary's Church, St. Hilary.
50k map sheet Penzance (351)

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Map reference SW 5704 3157
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


E46529

Cross Polarized, E46529

Plane Polarized, E46529

Plane Polarized, E46529