BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N3082
Sample Donor Krabbendam, Dr Maarten
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Semipelitic gneiss with mica fabric parallel to gneissose banding and lozenge shaped aggregates of quartz and muscovite in contact with crushed and chilled margin of felsite. Strained anhedral plagioclase (andesine) and finer recrystallized quartz. M
Locality details Glen Isla
50k map sheet Glen Shee (56W)

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Map reference NO 1880 7089
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N3082

Cross Polarized, N3082

Plane Polarized, N3082

Plane Polarized, N3082