BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S42733; COLLNOYK84;
Sample Donor Bishop,A.C.
Rock name 'Original entry: Psammitic Granulite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments S. 42733-42736 illustrate a passage from psammitic granulite to a sandy rock in which calcite appears to have replaced quartz
Locality details Orrin Dam site, N abutment HE4, near tunnel portal
50k map sheet Inverness (83)

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Map reference NH 402 505
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S42733

Cross Polarized, S42733

Plane Polarized, S42733

Plane Polarized, S42733