BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N3114
Sample Donor Krabbendam, Dr Maarten
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Medium fine grained semipelitic psammite, with a fine grained, mulonitic, band through it. Mainly quartz, less biotite and some garnet and plagioclase, minor chlorite and accessory opaques. In the finer grained band a dextral S/C fabric is developed,
Locality details Creag Ruadhard
50k map sheet Glen Shee (56W)

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Map reference NO 1802 6760
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N3114

Cross Polarized, N3114

Plane Polarized, N3114

Plane Polarized, N3114