BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S9317
Sample Donor Kynaston, Herbert
Rock name 'Original entry: Altered Andesite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Some of the green hornblende represents original augite; see Memoir, p. 98
Locality details Coire Ghlas, Loch Awe
50k map sheet Oban (45)

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Map reference NN 111 292
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S9317

Cross Polarized, S9317

Plane Polarized, S9317

Plane Polarized, S9317