BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S14818
Sample Donor Tait,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Micro-Ophitic Feldspathic Olivine-Dolerite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lava, contact altered, secondary augite and albite in vesicles; Memoir, pp. 129, 152
Locality details Beinn Bheag, 0.375 mile SW of Knock, between Loch Ba and Loch na Keal
50k map sheet Mull (44)

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Map reference NM 541 388
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S14818

Cross Polarized, S14818

Plane Polarized, S14818

Plane Polarized, S14818