BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S3086; S3086/a; S3086/b;
Sample Donor Peach, B.N.
Rock name 'Original entry: Melanite Syenite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Rock near limestone; see Summ. Prog. For 1900, p. 152
Locality details Cnoc na Sroine, Assynt
50k map sheet Ullapool (101)

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Map reference NC 25 12
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S3086

Cross Polarized, S3086

Plane Polarized, S3086

Plane Polarized, S3086


S3086/a

Cross Polarized, S3086/a

Plane Polarized, S3086/a

Plane Polarized, S3086/a


S3086/b

Cross Polarized, S3086/b

Plane Polarized, S3086/b

Plane Polarized, S3086/b