BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S35600
Sample Donor Kennedy, William Q.
Rock name 'Original entry: Diopside-Garnet Rock (Altered Limestone)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Diopside-garnet rock (altered limestone)
Locality details Kilchrist no. 1 prospect - limestone embayment on northern margin of granite; beside old manse 1130 yds E 8 deg S of W end of Loch Cill Chriosd. Location C - contact of altered dyke
50k map sheet Glenelg (71)

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Map reference NG 616 200
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S35600

Cross Polarized, S35600

Plane Polarized, S35600

Plane Polarized, S35600