BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S13569
Sample Donor Wright, William Bourke (only Wright in Survey before 1935, prob. same as H B Wright above)
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartzite Dissolving In Hornblendite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Dissolving boulders and feldspathic halos
Locality details 0.33 mile W of Carnan Eoin, Colonsay
50k map sheet Colonsay (35)

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Map reference NR 4036 9835
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S13569

Cross Polarized, S13569

Plane Polarized, S13569

Plane Polarized, S13569