BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S16496
Sample Donor Clough, C.T.
Rock name 'Original entry: Contact Altered Basic Lava (Hornblende-Pyroxene Granulite)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Probably lava, close to and altered by Ben Buie Gabbro; Memoir, p. 155
Locality details 700 ft slightly S of E of loch in Coire a' Mhaim
50k map sheet Mull (44)

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Map reference NM 5829 3184
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S16496

Cross Polarized, S16496

Plane Polarized, S16496

Plane Polarized, S16496