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Very coarse igneous rock

Description: Very large milky quartz with lesser K feldspar and muscovite mica. Looks similar to parts of the Foxdale Granite pegmatites. Presumably it's part of a nearby felsic intrusion which has caused the mineralisation. Part of Dr Gerhard Bersu's 1940 excavation for manganese.

Taxonomic name: Manx Group: pegmatite

Collection: Natural History Geology Collection

ID number: 1966-0033/12

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