BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S33208; S33208/A;
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Epidotic Quartzofeldspathic Granulite With Porphyroblastic Hornblende'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Needle pegmatite which has recrystallised in Lewisian orthogneiss after the latter has been crushed by Moine Thrust
Locality details Knock Bay, S of river
50k map sheet Glenelg (71)

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Map reference NG 670 085
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S33208

Cross Polarized, S33208

Plane Polarized, S33208

Plane Polarized, S33208


S33208/A

Cross Polarized, S33208/A

Plane Polarized, S33208/A

Plane Polarized, S33208/A