BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N1236; COLLNOETS520;
Sample Donor Smith, R.A
Rock name Pseudotachylite. 'Original entry: Quartz Muscovite Mylonite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Flaggy qtz mu mylonitic rock
Locality details 450m NNE of Cairnloch, 5m NW of N.1235
50k map sheet Nairn (Lochindorb) (84E)

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Map reference NH 9727 3174
Year collected 1998 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N1236

Cross Polarized, N1236

Plane Polarized, N1236

Plane Polarized, N1236