BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S8817; COLLNO54;
Sample Donor Wilson, J.S.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Augite Syenite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Ben Nevis pluton; margin of granite; Memoir, Sh. 53, p. 166
Locality details Allt na Cailleach, close to black schist
50k map sheet Loch Eil (62)

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Map reference NN 1577 7664
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S8817

Cross Polarized, S8817

Plane Polarized, S8817

Plane Polarized, S8817