BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N11735; COLLNODO1377;
Sample Donor Barber, Anthony J. Emeritus Royal Holloway Collage
Rock name 'Original entry: Amphibolite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments From band cutting hornblendite, typical ex-granulite (Typical igneous texture – R.G. Park, 1965), Western Lewisian
Locality details Fireach Ard, Ardelve, Lochalsh
50k map sheet Glenelg (71)

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Map reference NG 857 264
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N11735

Cross Polarized, N11735

Plane Polarized, N11735

Plane Polarized, N11735