Conglomerate, Torridonian (Stoer Group) with large angular clasts of gneiss
Clachtoll
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Conglomerate, Torridonian (Stoer Group) with large angular clasts of gneiss Clachtoll |
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Coarse feldspathic sandstone (arkose), Torridonian Clachtoll |
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Coarse feldspathic sandstone (arkose), Torridonian Loch Assynt |
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Quartz sandstone (orthoquartzite), Cambrian Loch Assynt |
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Quartz sandstone with vertical burrows, Cambrian Pipe Rock Loch Assynt |
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Impure quartz sandstone, Cambrian Salterella Grit Loch Assynt |
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Impure quartz sandstone with small shelly fossils, Cambrian Salterella Grit Loch Assynt |
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Calcareous siltstone, Cambrian Fucoid Beds Loch Assynt |
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Grey dolomitic limestone, Cambrian Durness Limestone Loch Assynt |
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Brecciated (broken-up) limestone, Cambrian Durness Limestone Knockan Crag |
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Meteorite impact deposit, Torridonian (Stoer Group) Stoer |
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Coarse-grained pink granite, in Lewisian Gneiss Complex Loch Laxford |
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Pegmatite, in Lewisian Gneiss Complex Scouriemore |
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Gabbro, dyke in Lewisian Gneiss Complex Scourie |
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Quartz syenite, Loch Borralan Igneous Complex Loch Borralan |
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Nepheline syenite (borolanite), Loch Borralan Igneous Complex Aultivullin, near Loch Borralan |
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Hornblende syenite from intrusive sill Inchnadamph, near Loch Assynt |
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Ultramafic gneiss, Lewisian Gneiss Complex Scouriemore |
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Mafic garnet-pyroxene gneiss, Lewisian Gneiss Complex Scouriemore |
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Felsic gneiss (Scourian), Lewisian Gneiss Complex Scouriemore |
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Felsic gneiss (Laxfordian), Lewisian Gneiss Complex Loch Laxford |
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Felsic gneiss, Lewisian Gneiss Complex Achmelvich |
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Amphibolite, Lewisian Gneiss Complex Achmelvich |
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Forsterite marble, metamorphosed Durness Limestone Ledmore North Quarry |
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Brucite marble, metamorphosed Durness Limestone Ledmore North Quarry |
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Moine mylonite, Moine Thrust Zone Knockan Crag |
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Folded Moine mylonite, Moine Thrust Zone Knockan Crag |
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Mylonite formed from Lewisian Gneiss, Moine Thrust Zone Loch Eriboll |
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D.J. Waters, Department of Earth Sciences, May 2003
