BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S9836
Sample Donor Barrow, G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Diorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Hornblende, biotite and much sphene. See Memoir, p. 78
Locality details Prince Albert's Cairn
50k map sheet Balmoral (65)

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Map reference NO 260 935
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S9836

Cross Polarized, S9836

Plane Polarized, S9836

Plane Polarized, S9836