BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S36786; S36786/A;
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Thinly Striped Psammite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pin- to thin striped psammite, probably lower psammitic Moine (alleged sub-Moine); is there oblique foliation; S. 36786A cut perpendicular to S. 36786
Locality details Roadside a little to W end of the N end of Loch nan Uamh railway viaduct
50k map sheet Arisaig (61)

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Map reference NM 7285 8412
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S36786

Cross Polarized, S36786

Plane Polarized, S36786

Plane Polarized, S36786


S36786/A

Cross Polarized, S36786/A

Plane Polarized, S36786/A

Plane Polarized, S36786/A