BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S8194
Sample Donor Harker, Alfred
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine Gabbro'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Eucrite, crushed and contact altered (Cuillin laccolite, Tertiary); Summ Prog 1902, pp. 60-61; Tert Ig Rocks Skye, pp. 104, 249, 370
Locality details Floor of Coire a' Mhadaidh
50k map sheet Minginish (70)

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Map reference NG 449 242
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S8194

Cross Polarized, S8194

Plane Polarized, S8194

Plane Polarized, S8194