BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S15081
Sample Donor Horne, J.; Peach, B.N.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Diabase'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Diabase, Trans Roy Soc Edin Vol 32, pp 359-388
Locality details Skeld Hill, Sandsting (intrusion in granite)
50k map sheet West Shetland and South Shetland ? (126)

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Map reference HU 308 447
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S15081

Cross Polarized, S15081

Plane Polarized, S15081

Plane Polarized, S15081