BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S15995; MR11027; MR11028;
Sample Donor Tait,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine-Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Sill according to Tait, but no sill mapped here; almost certainly a lava; Plateau type; Memoir, anal. pp. 15, 137; Summ Prog 1912, pp. 70-71
Locality details Stream at pit 0.33 mile NNE of Pennycross House at 700 ft contour
50k map sheet Mull (44)

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Map reference NM 5412 2210
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S15995

Cross Polarized, S15995

Plane Polarized, S15995

Plane Polarized, S15995