BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11908
Sample Donor Maufe, H.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Pyroxene Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dyke in same fissure as S. 11907; Memoir, p. 174
Locality details Coire nam Beithach, Glencoe
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 1430 5473
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11908

Cross Polarized, S11908

Plane Polarized, S11908

Plane Polarized, S11908