BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N3230; COLLNOZY192;
Sample Donor Krabbendam, Dr Maarten
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Hornblende schist: quartz and bluish-green hornblende, with good schistosity. A calc-silicate layer (which is a lenticular boudin in the handspecimen) is parallel to schistosity and contains epidote, calcite, quartz and some hornblende. Accessory opa
Locality details Creag Loistge
50k map sheet Glen Shee (56W)

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Map reference NO 0646 5316
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N3230

Cross Polarized, N3230

Plane Polarized, N3230

Plane Polarized, N3230