BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11496
Sample Donor Clough, C.T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Baked Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Contact altered porphyrite dyke, earlier than S. 11497; Memoir, pp. 122, 208
Locality details 930 yds SE of S lochan on Beinn Ceitlein
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 1791 4767
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11496

Cross Polarized, S11496

Plane Polarized, S11496

Plane Polarized, S11496