BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S17779
Sample Donor Tait,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Feldspathic Olivine-Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Ben More Lava Suite, No. 29; dark group; much colourless augite; Plateau Type, Memoir, pp. 137, 141
Locality details Traverse from between tide marks 0.25 mile E of Dererach (Loch Scridain) to 3169 ft summit of Ben More: No. 29
50k map sheet Mull (44)

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Map reference NM 5188 3109
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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S17779

Cross Polarized, S17779

Plane Polarized, S17779

Plane Polarized, S17779