BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S70597; S70597/A; S70597/B; COLLNONX888;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite Porphyroblastic Semipelite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Moine rocks enveloping Glen Urquhart Complex; all samples represent most micaceous parts of exposure sampled
Locality details Crag on NW side of Loch nam Bat
50k map sheet Inverness (83)

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Map reference NH 4908 3331
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S70597

Cross Polarized, S70597

Plane Polarized, S70597

Plane Polarized, S70597


S70597/A

Cross Polarized, S70597/A

Plane Polarized, S70597/A

Plane Polarized, S70597/A


S70597/B

Cross Polarized, S70597/B

Plane Polarized, S70597/B

Plane Polarized, S70597/B