BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40261; COLLNOXN650;
Sample Donor Wright,J.E.
Rock name 'Original entry: ?Sheared Igneous Rock Or Sheared Quartz-Mica Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?Sheared igneous or quartz-mica schist; see Inverness 126SE note 2. Specimens S. 40258-40261 were collected in an eastward succession across the sheared junction of a belt of ORS sediments with sheared ?Dalradian schists; all the rocks are affected b
Locality details Stream section, 1100 yds N 32 deg W of Rathliesbeag
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NN 2052 8599
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40261

Cross Polarized, S40261

Plane Polarized, S40261

Plane Polarized, S40261