BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S27113
Sample Donor Tait,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Augite-Biotite Diorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Caithness (paving) flagstone (enquiry re free silica)
Locality details Holburn Head Quarries, Thurso
50k map sheet Reay (115)

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Map reference ND 079 710
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S27113

Cross Polarized, S27113

Plane Polarized, S27113

Plane Polarized, S27113