BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11527
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Spessartite Or Vogesite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Typical of the flat lamprophyre sheets earlier than the porphyrite dykes and possibly eaarlier than the Moor of Rannoch Granite; cf. S. 11495, 12347; Memoir, pp. 177, 210
Locality details Mouth of River Leven
50k map sheet Ben Nevis (53)

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Map reference NN 1829 6189
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11527

Cross Polarized, S11527

Plane Polarized, S11527

Plane Polarized, S11527