BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S5462
Sample Donor Greenly,E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartzose Sillimanite-Mica Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments With sillimanite; See Mem. Cent. Suth., p. 160
Locality details 550ft SE of wall, Leiter nan Caile
50k map sheet Achentoul (109)

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Map reference NC 888 245
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S5462

Cross Polarized, S5462

Plane Polarized, S5462

Plane Polarized, S5462