BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S68868; COLLNONX438;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Micaceous Calcsilicate-Bearing Metalimestone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments >5 cm thick; Glen Urquhart Metamorphic-Serpentinite Complex
Locality details Disused quarry, near Gartally road W of Balnagrantach
50k map sheet Fort Augustus (73)

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Map reference NH 4913 3160
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S68868

Cross Polarized, S68868

Plane Polarized, S68868

Plane Polarized, S68868