BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20588
Sample Donor Read, H.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartzite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Durn Hill Quartzite. Summ. Prog. 1921, pp. 106, 108
Locality details Durn Hill Quarry, 1 mile SSW of Portsoy
50k map sheet Banff (96)

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Map reference NJ 5740 6420
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20588

Cross Polarized, S20588

Plane Polarized, S20588

Plane Polarized, S20588