BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40564; COLLNOXN848;
Sample Donor Wright,J.E.
Rock name 'Original entry: Broken Granitic Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Rather massive, highly injected, semipelite, granitic looking; rock reddened by nearby fault
Locality details Stream section, 2680 yds E 25 deg S of summit of Sgurr Mhurlagain
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NN 0343 9336
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40564

Cross Polarized, S40564

Plane Polarized, S40564

Plane Polarized, S40564