BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S27761
Sample Donor Eyles,V.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Garnetiferous Psammite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments A 1 ft band garnet psammitic or transition-type gneiss - just inside border of pelite
Locality details 100 yds E of NW point of mainland of Eilean Shona
50k map sheet Tobermory (52)

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Map reference NM 6371 7527
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S27761

Cross Polarized, S27761

Plane Polarized, S27761

Plane Polarized, S27761