BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12888; S12888/A;
Sample Donor Wright, William Bourke (only Wright in Survey before 1935, prob. same as H B Wright above)
Rock name 'Original entry: Spessartite Or Vogesite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Sheet (two specimens); Memoir, pp. 177, 210
Locality details Nearly 0.5 mile S 20 deg E of summit of Binnein Beag
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 2244 6707
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12888

Cross Polarized, S12888

Plane Polarized, S12888

Plane Polarized, S12888


S12888/A

Cross Polarized, S12888/A

Plane Polarized, S12888/A

Plane Polarized, S12888/A