BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12519
Sample Donor Grabham, G.W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dyke, with orthoclase phenocrysts, discontinuous, starting SSE of Stob na Broige; Memoir, pp. 174-175
Locality details 700 yds S 33 deg E from spot ht 3120 ft Buchaille Etive Mor
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 1955 5202
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12519

Cross Polarized, S12519

Plane Polarized, S12519

Plane Polarized, S12519