BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S32430
Sample Donor Bailey, E.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Pegmatite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Pegmatite with large hornblendes bordering diopside rock
Locality details SW end of sandy bay (Traigh Bhail' a' Mhuilinn on 6" sheet), 0.25 mile E of Rubha Boraige Moire
50k map sheet Tiree (42)

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Map reference NL 9527 4757
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S32430

Cross Polarized, S32430

Plane Polarized, S32430

Plane Polarized, S32430