BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12495
Sample Donor Grabham, G.W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Banatite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Margin of granite; with rhombic pyroxene; Memoir, Sh. 53, pp. 154, 164; Memoir Sh. 54, p. 75
Locality details 1 mile 140 yds up Coupall River from mouth, Royal Forest
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 2310 5546
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12495

Cross Polarized, S12495

Plane Polarized, S12495

Plane Polarized, S12495