BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S9447
Sample Donor Barrow, G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Caught-up and modified bit of BI or sill of hornblende-schist in normal phase. It is undergoing absorption by a grey gneiss. Lenses of microcline. See Memoir, p.54
Locality details Burn N side of Tulach Breac
50k map sheet Kingussie (64)

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Map reference NN 992 804
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S9447

Cross Polarized, S9447

Plane Polarized, S9447

Plane Polarized, S9447