BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S3506
Sample Donor Barrow, G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Porphyry (Rhyolitic)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Banded felsite, areas of granophyre
Locality details Head of second burn, E side of Glen Taitnaich
50k map sheet Balmoral (65)

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Map reference NO 088 773
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S3506

Cross Polarized, S3506

Plane Polarized, S3506

Plane Polarized, S3506