BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S39736; COLLNOYB260;
Sample Donor Lawrie,T.R.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Microdiorite Or Sparsely Porphyritic Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dyke or concordant sheet (obscure) in quartz-mica schist, > 4ft thick. Microdiorite or sparsely porphyritic porphyrite
Locality details North side of Spean Bridge - Inverness road, 410 yds E 25 deg S of junction with Gairlochy road
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NN 2123 8210
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S39736

Cross Polarized, S39736

Plane Polarized, S39736

Plane Polarized, S39736