BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11472
Sample Donor Clough, C.T.
Rock name 'Original entry: ?Porphyrite Or Lamprophyre'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dyke in granite, seems sheared, apparently continbuous with S. 11471; Memoir, p. 125
Locality details 1 mile SSE of trig pt 2731 ft, Beinn Ceitlein
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 1835 4790
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11472

Cross Polarized, S11472

Plane Polarized, S11472

Plane Polarized, S11472