BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N3199; COLLNOZY155;
Sample Donor Krabbendam, Dr Maarten
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Psammitic schist, medium fine quartz with lamellae of biotite and some muscovite (S1) and a mica fabric (S2) at small angles to the lamellae. Veins contain coarse recrystallized quartz. Some small, inclusion-free garnets occur, partly replaced by chl
Locality details Whitefield Hill
50k map sheet Glen Shee (56W)

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Map reference NO 0865 6276
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N3199

Cross Polarized, N3199

Plane Polarized, N3199

Plane Polarized, N3199