BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S524
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Not entered
Locality details Roadside quarry below Uras Farm, 1.5 mile S of Dunnottar Castle
50k map sheet Stonehaven (67)

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Map reference NO 876 817
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S524

Cross Polarized, S524

Plane Polarized, S524

Plane Polarized, S524