BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11791
Sample Donor Maconachie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Peridotite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Sill or dyke in schists, prob. ORS: See Summ. Prog. 1906, pp. 67-68 & Hatch's Textbook of Petrology (1914 edition), fig. 67
Locality details Burn 1306 yds SE of Dunan Liath
50k map sheet Alness (93)

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Map reference NH 423 839
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11791

Cross Polarized, S11791

Plane Polarized, S11791

Plane Polarized, S11791