BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S34585
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Crystalline Limestone With Garnet, Phlogopite, Quartz, Tremolite, Zoisite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lewisian limestone
Locality details Old quarry, 250 yds SW of W end of Loch an Sgor Ghaoithair
50k map sheet Fort Augustus (73)

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Map reference NH 485 314
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S34585

Cross Polarized, S34585

Plane Polarized, S34585

Plane Polarized, S34585