BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S68902; COLLNONX465;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Plagioclase Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Glen Urquhart Complex; from zoned body in serpentinite; see Francis, 1955; Geol. Mag. Vol. 92, p. 434
Locality details 200 m WSW of summit of Beinn a'Ghairchin
50k map sheet Inverness (83)

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Map reference NH 4764 3215
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S68902

Cross Polarized, S68902

Plane Polarized, S68902

Plane Polarized, S68902