BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S50852; COLLNOZC318;
Sample Donor Peacock,J.D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Siliceous 'Malmstone''
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Siliceous 'malmstone' from glacial gravels. Probably Lower Cretaceous (see Cumming & Pate, Geol Mag Vol LXXX, 1933, p. 397)
Locality details Ford a Fowrie gravel pit, near Fraserburgh
50k map sheet Fraserburgh (97)

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Map reference NJ 995 616
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S50852

Cross Polarized, S50852

Plane Polarized, S50852

Plane Polarized, S50852