BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11482
Sample Donor Clough, C.T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Diabase'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments WNW dyke, ?Tertiary, very rotten; Sp Gr 2.70; Memoir, p. 213
Locality details 315 yds SE of burn rising near lochan on NNE end of Beinn Ceitlein
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 1797 5079
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11482

Cross Polarized, S11482

Plane Polarized, S11482

Plane Polarized, S11482