BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11102
Sample Donor Barrow, G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Fine Grey Igneous Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments This and S 11100-11101 are along the line of the great Glen Tilt fault, and are cores in crushed rock. S.11102 has been heated to some extent by the Newer Diorite (see Memoir. P. 54)
Locality details The upper part of Glen Tilt
50k map sheet Kingussie (64)

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Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11102

Cross Polarized, S11102

Plane Polarized, S11102

Plane Polarized, S11102