BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S8136
Sample Donor Barrow, G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Breccia'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Composed of diorite and hornblende fragments in an oligoclase matrix. See Memoir, p. 58
Locality details Watershed of Glen Muick, E side
50k map sheet Balmoral (65)

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Map reference NO 382 936
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S8136

Cross Polarized, S8136

Plane Polarized, S8136

Plane Polarized, S8136