BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S3069; S3069/a;
Sample Donor Gunn, W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Pyroxene-Bearing Vogesite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 'Dyke'; post Lower Silurian; from post-Cambrian vogesite dyke in thrust limestone
Locality details W of Loch Bad nan Calman, Strath Kanaird
50k map sheet Ullapool (101)

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Map reference NC 163 005
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S3069

Cross Polarized, S3069

Plane Polarized, S3069

Plane Polarized, S3069


S3069/a

Cross Polarized, S3069/a

Plane Polarized, S3069/a

Plane Polarized, S3069/a