BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S70474
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Thin Acid Vein In Loch Eil Psammite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Thin acid vein in Loch Eil psammite. (Obscure mass of hornblende-bearing Moine psammites in Loch Eil psammite, origin uncertain, cut by veins of Glen Garry Caledonian vein complex.)
Locality details 75 m S of sharp bend in forestry track, 400 m SW of White Bridge
50k map sheet Glen Roy (63)

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Map reference NH 2795 0115
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S70474

Cross Polarized, S70474

Plane Polarized, S70474

Plane Polarized, S70474