BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S13515; S13515/A; S13515/B;
Sample Donor Wright, William Bourke (only Wright in Survey before 1935, prob. same as H B Wright above)
Rock name 'Original entry: Feldspathic Grit'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Millbuie Grit Series; quartz and feldspar largely reground and interlocking at the margins, scanty micaceous and chloritic matrix; ? An odd epidote. 2 slides, a & b
Locality details Quarry near Colonsay House
50k map sheet Colonsay (35)

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Map reference NR 3990 9665
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S13515/A

Cross Polarized, S13515/A

Plane Polarized, S13515/A

Plane Polarized, S13515/A


S13515/B

Cross Polarized, S13515/B

Plane Polarized, S13515/B

Plane Polarized, S13515/B