BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16599; S16599/B;
Sample Donor Tait,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Junction Of Tholeiite With An Accidental Xenolith'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Xenolith from sill, with aggregates of feldspar, spinel, corundum, sillimanite, etc.; Memoir, p. 273
Locality details Nuns' Pass & Rubh' a' Chromain
50k map sheet Mull (44)

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Map reference NM 522 203
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S16599

Cross Polarized, S16599

Plane Polarized, S16599

Plane Polarized, S16599


S16599/B

Cross Polarized, S16599/B

Plane Polarized, S16599/B

Plane Polarized, S16599/B