BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S13500
Sample Donor Wright, William Bourke (only Wright in Survey before 1935, prob. same as H B Wright above)
Rock name 'Original entry: Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Cataclastic pegmatite (microcline microperthite); Colonsay Mem, pp. 11-12
Locality details On shore, Croisebrig, Colonsay
50k map sheet Colonsay (35)

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Map reference NM 429 004
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S13500

Cross Polarized, S13500

Plane Polarized, S13500

Plane Polarized, S13500