BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S6051
Sample Donor Hinseman, L.H. (aka L W Hinxman, use LWH)
Rock name 'Original entry: Sillimanite-Biotite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments With garnet. See Memoir, p. 16
Locality details At Greenstile, Strathdon
50k map sheet Tomintoul (75)

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Map reference NJ 385 126
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S6051

Cross Polarized, S6051

Plane Polarized, S6051

Plane Polarized, S6051