BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S24582; S24582/A;
Sample Donor Eyles,V.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Diopside Nodule In Marble'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pyroxene (diopside) nodule in white marble; Min Mag 1947, Vol. 28, p. 235
Locality details White marble quarry, Balephetrish, Tiree
50k map sheet Tiree (42)

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Map reference NM 0162 4712
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S24582

Cross Polarized, S24582

Plane Polarized, S24582

Plane Polarized, S24582


S24582/A

Cross Polarized, S24582/A

Plane Polarized, S24582/A

Plane Polarized, S24582/A