BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N11952; COLLNOK73;
Sample Donor Kempton, N.
Rock name 'Original entry: Garnet-Mica Schist'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Large fragmented unaltered garnets with coarse inclusions, enclosed in augen structure with sweeps of mica flakes ands elongated quartz and feldspar forming a schistose ground mass, brown/green biotite with iron oxide.
Locality details Sgurr Aoide, above Wester Keppoch (Loc.26)
50k map sheet Cluanie (72)

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Map reference NG 903 243
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N11952

Cross Polarized, N11952

Plane Polarized, N11952

Plane Polarized, N11952