BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S2076; S2076/a;
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Epidiorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Fluxion or cataclastic structure. Vein in granite. Green hornblende and greenish-brown biotite, granular sphene and zoned plagioclase
Locality details Railway cutting , Tillyfourie
50k map sheet Inverurie (76)

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Map reference NJ 639 126
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S2076

Cross Polarized, S2076

Plane Polarized, S2076

Plane Polarized, S2076


S2076/a

Cross Polarized, S2076/a

Plane Polarized, S2076/a

Plane Polarized, S2076/a