BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S72125; COLLNOFY337;
Sample Donor Highton,A.J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Microdiorite, Foliated'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments From dyke 0.5 m thick, strike 141 deg, dip 57 deg E, foliation strikes 153 deg, dips 78 deg E; Late Caledonian
Locality details 730 m S of S. Loch a' Bhainne
50k map sheet Fort Augustus (73)

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Map reference NH 2759 0371
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S72125

Cross Polarized, S72125

Plane Polarized, S72125

Plane Polarized, S72125