BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S13639
Sample Donor Wright, William Bourke (only Wright in Survey before 1935, prob. same as H B Wright above)
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyritic Rock Like Vogesite Near Margin Of Kentallenite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Balnahard kentallenite mass: Peculiar glomeratic structure; Colonsay Mem, p. 33
Locality details Balnahard, Colonsay
50k map sheet Colonsay (35)

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Map reference NR 4136 9923
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S13639

Cross Polarized, S13639

Plane Polarized, S13639

Plane Polarized, S13639