BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S13516; S13516/A; S13516/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; microcline, perthitic orthoclase and oligoclase-andesine in a scanty matrix of white mica flakes; 2 slides, a & b
Locality details Somewhere N of Ruiteachan Earna, Colonsay
50k map sheet Colonsay (35)

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Map reference NR 405 977
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S13516/A

Cross Polarized, S13516/A

Plane Polarized, S13516/A

Plane Polarized, S13516/A


S13516/B

Cross Polarized, S13516/B

Plane Polarized, S13516/B

Plane Polarized, S13516/B