BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S70475; S70475/A;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Cross-Bedded Hornblendic Psammite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Cross-bedded hornblendic 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 50 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 2796 0117
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S70475

Cross Polarized, S70475

Plane Polarized, S70475

Plane Polarized, S70475


S70475/A

Cross Polarized, S70475/A

Plane Polarized, S70475/A

Plane Polarized, S70475/A