BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S7279
Sample Donor Cunningham-Craig, E.H. (aka C. Craig)
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite-Biotite Granite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments The big vein locally rich in oligoclase and white mica. See Memoir, p. 60
Locality details Chest of Dee
50k map sheet Kingussie (64)

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Map reference NO 014 887
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S7279

Cross Polarized, S7279

Plane Polarized, S7279

Plane Polarized, S7279