BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S14179
Sample Donor Maufe, H.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyrite, Contact-Altered; No Obvious Baking'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments No. 1 on map; dyke collected by Bailey to prove foliation (see hand specimen) and baking by Starav Granite; see Sheet 53 Memoir, pp. 124 and 209
Locality details Allt Dochard, N of Meall nan Eun
50k map sheet Oban (45)

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Map reference NN 1932 4576
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S14179

Cross Polarized, S14179

Plane Polarized, S14179

Plane Polarized, S14179