BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number N11995; COLLNOK116;
Sample Donor Kempton, N.
Rock name 'Original entry: Garnet-Epidote Amphibolite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments With patches of hornblende pseiudomorphing symplectite, residual fragments of pyroxene, some small clear idiomorphic garnets without inclusions, other garnets in granular aggregates with epidote.
Locality details Torr a’ Char (Loc.21)
50k map sheet Cluanie (72)

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Map reference NG 892 251
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


N11995

Cross Polarized, N11995

Plane Polarized, N11995

Plane Polarized, N11995