BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40053
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende-Biotite Appinite (Granodioritic)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Appinite with feldspar porphyroblasts; typical of much of the large appinite ernclosures in tonalite
Locality details Coast, 500 yds W 37 deg S of Ranachan
50k map sheet Tobermory (52)

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Map reference NM 7857 6111
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40053

Cross Polarized, S40053

Plane Polarized, S40053

Plane Polarized, S40053