BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S1719
Sample Donor Murchison, R.I.
Rock name 'Original entry: Diorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz & hypersthene; patches of micropegmatitic structure
Locality details Quarry, NE point of Gowlan Hills (now Gowan Hill)
50k map sheet Stirling (39)

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Map reference NS 794 945
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S1719

Cross Polarized, S1719

Plane Polarized, S1719

Plane Polarized, S1719