BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S42755; COLLNOYK117;
Sample Donor Bishop,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Ultramafite - Near Hornblendite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Ultramafite (pyroxene-amphibole rock); 1 yard from psammitic block included in diorite gneiss
Locality details 640 yds at 023 deg from A'Chuil
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NM 9466 9293
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S42755

Cross Polarized, S42755

Plane Polarized, S42755

Plane Polarized, S42755