BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40586; COLLNOYB413;
Sample Donor Lawrie,T.R.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: ?Diorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Obscure body in Moine psammite. Possibly a discordant sheet dipping at low angle in northerly direction, may be 40 ft thick. Cut by E-W fault and most exposures shattery and highly decomposed; traversed by numerous thin carbonate veinlets. ?Diorite
Locality details Allt a' Cham Dhoire, 1470 yds N 2 deg E of summit of Druim Gleann Laoigh
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NN 0627 8669
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40586

Cross Polarized, S40586

Plane Polarized, S40586

Plane Polarized, S40586