BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12341
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Brecciated Felsite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Main boundary fault of cauldron; dyke; has been brecciated by faulting - or explosion or what? The NNE porphyrites are chilled against it; Memoir, p. 173
Locality details Fault line halfway between Meall Garbh and Meall Dearg - bottom of Coire Cam
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 1578 5949
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12341

Cross Polarized, S12341

Plane Polarized, S12341

Plane Polarized, S12341