BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S37212
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: ?Quartz-Sillimanite Rock'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lenticle in striped psammite with muscovite porphyroblasts; probable quartz-sillimanite rock
Locality details 1020 yds E 30 deg N of Lochan a' Mhuilinn
50k map sheet Tobermory (52)

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Map reference NM 7603 7117
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S37212

Cross Polarized, S37212

Plane Polarized, S37212

Plane Polarized, S37212