BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S9010
Sample Donor Kynaston, Herbert
Rock name 'Original entry: Hornblende Picrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments S. 9007 - 9015 are the normal kentallenite of Glen Orchy and apparently constitute one intrusive mass; see Memoir, pp. 93-94, also Colonsay Memoir, pp. 32-33
Locality details Near Catnish, Glen Orchy
50k map sheet Oban (45)

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Map reference NN 234 334
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S9010

Cross Polarized, S9010

Plane Polarized, S9010

Plane Polarized, S9010