BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N3141; N3141/B; N3141/C; COLLNOZY89;
Sample Donor Krabbendam, Dr Maarten
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Impure marble, with about 80% medium coarse calcite. Minor quartz, phlogopite, plagiocalse, muscovite and opaques, mainly concentrated in widely spaced, thin laminae, (Bedding?). Quatz and plagioclase also occurs as small, rounbded, dispersed grains
Locality details Soilzarie
50k map sheet Glen Shee (56W)

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Map reference NO 1285 5993
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N3141

Cross Polarized, N3141

Plane Polarized, N3141

Plane Polarized, N3141


N3141/B

Cross Polarized, N3141/B

Plane Polarized, N3141/B

Plane Polarized, N3141/B


N3141/C

Cross Polarized, N3141/C

Plane Polarized, N3141/C

Plane Polarized, N3141/C