BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S27935; S27935/A;
Sample Donor Kennedy, William Q.
Rock name 'Original entry: Muscovite Porphyroblast Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Spangled semipelitic schist (muscovite porphyroblast schist) forms band in a series of banded psammites striped with semipelites and with more massive semi- and m. psammite bands; also calcilicates
Locality details Beinn Bhreac, 700 ft S 30 deg E of spot ht 783 ft
50k map sheet Tobermory (52)

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Map reference NM 6825 7136
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S27935

Cross Polarized, S27935

Plane Polarized, S27935

Plane Polarized, S27935


S27935/A

Cross Polarized, S27935/A

Plane Polarized, S27935/A

Plane Polarized, S27935/A