Various Manx igneous rocks
Description: Oatlands intrusion: diorite, dolerite and granodiorite. Fine grained; dark grey-green, pyrite present.
Other specimens that were fouind with this object have been numbered accordingly:
(A) Ballure 6th August 1892 - missing; (B,C,D) Ballavale, Santon - pale browny green, medium grained diorite; (F) Cooilingill, Marown 10th July 1896 - medium-grained igneous rock with bladed actinolite phenocrysts; (G) Langness 10th August 1896 - missing; Poortown quarry 14th IV.19 - missing; (H) Oatlands quarry - granodiorite; (J) Oatlands quarry - diorite; (K) Oatlands quarry - dolerite; (M) West Baldwin, May 1901 - medium-grained, intermediate igneous rock with degraded stellate phenocrysts; (P) WestBaldwin, May 1901 - microgranite; (Q) Windy common - missing; (R) Orrisdale brooghs 30.v.16 - missing; (S) cross, Maughold - missing.
Taxonomic name: Oatlands intrusion: diorite, dolerite and granodiorite
Collection: Natural History Geology Collection
ID number: 1967-0096