BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S69012
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Calcsilicate Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Skarn at limestone-schist contact; Glen Urquhart Metamorphic-Serpentinite Complex
Locality details SW side of hillock occupied by largest old quarry NW of Upper Gartally
50k map sheet Fort Augustus (73)

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Map reference NH 4857 3157
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S69012

Cross Polarized, S69012

Plane Polarized, S69012

Plane Polarized, S69012