BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S42801; COLLNOYB618;
Sample Donor Lawrie,T.R.M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine-Basalt, ?Tholeiitic'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Obscure intrusion, possibly E-W dyke, in Moine psammite. Above (topographically) to south appears to be in contact with thick lamprophyre intrusion, possibly a discordant sheet, dipping S. Relations very obscure; ?camptonite
Locality details Coir' a' Bhoganaich, 1310 yds S 42 deg W of A' Chuil
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NM 9358 9165
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S42801

Cross Polarized, S42801

Plane Polarized, S42801

Plane Polarized, S42801