BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11207; S11207/A;
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Variolite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Central part of 3 ft dyke; see Bailey, Trans Edin Geol Soc, Vol VIII and Memoir, pp. 129-132
Locality details Just W of wall to the S of Ardtenny; not squirt opposite Ardtenny
50k map sheet Oban (45)

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Map reference NM 8866 4171
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11207

Cross Polarized, S11207

Plane Polarized, S11207

Plane Polarized, S11207


S11207/A

Cross Polarized, S11207/A

Plane Polarized, S11207/A

Plane Polarized, S11207/A