BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S34148
Sample Donor Eyles,V.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Crystalline Limestone, With Diopside, Olivine And Serpentine'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Impure marble streaked with black layers; Lewisian inlier of Glen Pean and Glen Dessary
Locality details Roadside 880 yds WNW of Glendessary
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NM 9598 9292
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S34148

Cross Polarized, S34148

Plane Polarized, S34148

Plane Polarized, S34148