BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N11737; N11737/A; COLLNODO1379;
Sample Donor Barber, Anthony J. Emeritus Royal Holloway Collage
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartzo-Feldspathic Gneiss'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments With rodding crossed by mineral lineation, east side of small bay, 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


N11737

Cross Polarized, N11737

Plane Polarized, N11737

Plane Polarized, N11737


N11737/A

Cross Polarized, N11737/A

Plane Polarized, N11737/A

Plane Polarized, N11737/A