BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S8511
Sample Donor Barrow, G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Granulite Or Granulitic Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pale grey gneiss banded by by films rich in ?. Bedding-parallel structure visible in granulite part. Feldspar mostly plagioclase. See Memoir, p.39
Locality details E corrie of An Sgarsoch
50k map sheet Kingussie (64)

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Map reference NN 94 84
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S8511

Cross Polarized, S8511

Plane Polarized, S8511

Plane Polarized, S8511