BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S21372
Sample Donor Simpson,J.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Diopside Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Type from marble beds which pass gradually into quartz granulite; Memoir, p. 17
Locality details Shore 440 yds N 5 deg W of summit of Ben Feall
50k map sheet Coll (51)

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Map reference NM 1470 5522
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S21372

Cross Polarized, S21372

Plane Polarized, S21372

Plane Polarized, S21372