BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S19066
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.; Tait,D.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Hypersthene Andesite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Suite of microporphyritic ORS lavas from W side of Loch Charn to summit of Meall Ailean; Pre-Tertiary Memoir, p. 25
Locality details No. 6 lava, Meall Ailean; outlier of hypersthene andesites - Kynaston's Australia Series
50k map sheet Mull (44)

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Map reference NM 8141 2110
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S19066

Cross Polarized, S19066

Plane Polarized, S19066

Plane Polarized, S19066