BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S6583
Sample Donor Teall, J.J.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Diorite (Camptonite)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Diorite (camptonite), slender prisms of green (altered) hornblende, groundmass holocrystalline
Locality details Dyke in granite, summit of Bengairn
50k map sheet Kirkcudbright (5)

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Map reference NX 77 54
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S6583

Cross Polarized, S6583

Plane Polarized, S6583

Plane Polarized, S6583