BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S14037
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Biotite Andesite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments With red patches which are probably not fragments; Memoir, pp. 180-181
Locality details 200 yds ENE of summit of Ben Nevis
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 168 713
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S14037

Cross Polarized, S14037

Plane Polarized, S14037

Plane Polarized, S14037