BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S68857; COLLNONX433;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Calcsilicate Rock: Skarn'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments At edge of limestone; Glen Urquhart Metamorphic-Serpentinite Complex
Locality details N side of 229 m tump near Balnagrantach
50k map sheet Fort Augustus (73)

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Map reference NH 4927 3145
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S68857

Cross Polarized, S68857

Plane Polarized, S68857

Plane Polarized, S68857