BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S10946; S10946/A;
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Monchiquite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments More southerly of two dykes, with anorthoclase; see Memoir, p. 127, 129-132 and Plate VIII, Fig. 3
Locality details 0.125 mile N of end of Fionn Ard and on E coast
50k map sheet Oban (45)

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Map reference NM 8673 3768
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S10946

Cross Polarized, S10946

Plane Polarized, S10946

Plane Polarized, S10946


S10946/A

Cross Polarized, S10946/A

Plane Polarized, S10946/A

Plane Polarized, S10946/A