BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S14684
Sample Donor Wright, William Bourke (only Wright in Survey before 1935, prob. same as H B Wright above)
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyritic Olivine-Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Lava (Basalt Group), baked with development of biotite and hypersthene; Memoir, p. 131. Porphyritic Central Type
Locality details 0.625 mile NW of trig pt 1493 ft Beinn Duatharach
50k map sheet Mull (44)

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Map reference NM 5953 3686
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S14684

Cross Polarized, S14684

Plane Polarized, S14684

Plane Polarized, S14684