BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40429; S40429/A; COLLNOXT35;
Sample Donor McCall, J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Oligoclase-Andesine(?)-Biotite ?Permeation Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Highly granitic permeation gneiss. Moine, ?pelitic host, in injection zone Summ Prog 1955, pp. 59-60
Locality details 145 yds S 32 deg W of west end of Lochan na Carnaich
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NM 9248 8154
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40429

Cross Polarized, S40429

Plane Polarized, S40429

Plane Polarized, S40429


S40429/A

Cross Polarized, S40429/A

Plane Polarized, S40429/A

Plane Polarized, S40429/A