BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S14009
Sample Donor Wright, William Bourke (only Wright in Survey before 1935, prob. same as H B Wright above)
Rock name 'Original entry: Cleaved Quartz-Bearing Hornblende Syenite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments The cleavage is that of the second movement and is continued into the adjoining schists
Locality details Balnahard, Colonsay (one of the syenite intrusions to the north of B)
50k map sheet Colonsay (35)

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Map reference NR 4197 9993
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S14009

Cross Polarized, S14009

Plane Polarized, S14009

Plane Polarized, S14009