BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N1256; COLLNOETS540;
Sample Donor Smith, R.A
Rock name Metamorphic Rock (Undifferentiated); Psammite;. 'Original entry: Psammite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Greyish psammite + calc silicate
Locality details 520m NNW of Glentarroch
50k map sheet Nairn (Lochindorb) (84E)

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Map reference NH 9506 3235
Year collected 1998 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N1256

Cross Polarized, N1256

Plane Polarized, N1256

Plane Polarized, N1256