BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S42770; COLLNOYK144;
Sample Donor Bishop,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Lineated Hornblende-Quartz-Orthoclase Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lineated hornblende-quartz-orthoclase gneiss; from contact with psammite
Locality details 940 yds at 070 deg from Upper Glendessary
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NM 9596 9340
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S42770

Cross Polarized, S42770

Plane Polarized, S42770

Plane Polarized, S42770