BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12437
Sample Donor Maufe, H.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Baked Hornblende Andesite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?Lava; Stob Coire Raineach is trig pt 3029 ft on Buchaille Etive Beag; Memoir, p. 205
Locality details 600 yds nearly NW of Stob Coire Raineach, Glen Coe
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 1850 5526
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12437

Cross Polarized, S12437

Plane Polarized, S12437

Plane Polarized, S12437