BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S72096; COLLNOFY307;
Sample Donor Highton,A.J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Amphibolite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Concordant amphibolite sheet in psammite/semipelite, cut by granite veins; Precambrian
Locality details 1000 m S of S Loch a' Bhainne
50k map sheet Fort Augustus (73)

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Map reference NH 2742 0338
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S72096

Cross Polarized, S72096

Plane Polarized, S72096

Plane Polarized, S72096