BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40981
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartzite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartzite. Platy schist sheared at contact with greenstone; with hornblendic albite laminae
Locality details 1900 ft 10 deg E of S of centre of Buska Stack, Fethaland
50k map sheet Yell (130)

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Map reference HU 374 940
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40981

Cross Polarized, S40981

Plane Polarized, S40981

Plane Polarized, S40981