BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S27783
Sample Donor Eyles,V.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basic Igneous Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments 2 ft E-W basic dyke, ?unusual type, porphyritic ferromagnesian mineral
Locality details N coast, N channel Loch Moidart, 350 yds from where footpath crosses from Shona Beag to mainland, just N of S. 27782
50k map sheet Tobermory (52)

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Map reference NM 6676 7422
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S27783

Cross Polarized, S27783

Plane Polarized, S27783

Plane Polarized, S27783