BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S19672
Sample Donor Read, H.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Staurolite-Biotite Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Gneiss, possibly contact-altered; Mem. Sh. 86/96, p. 149
Locality details Burn of Bogforth, 200 yds SSW of Smithy at Milltown of Cairnbarrow
50k map sheet Huntly (86)

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Map reference NJ 4736 4059
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S19672

Cross Polarized, S19672

Plane Polarized, S19672

Plane Polarized, S19672