BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S4845
Sample Donor Hinseman, L.H. (aka L W Hinxman, use LWH)
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite-Biotite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Granulitic. See Memoir, p. 19
Locality details Cromdale Hills, SE face above Glenlochy
50k map sheet Tomintoul (75)

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Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S4845

Cross Polarized, S4845

Plane Polarized, S4845

Plane Polarized, S4845