BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S34948; COLLNOSL185;
Sample Donor Haldane,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Crystalline Limestone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Crystalline limestone with muscovite, biotite, dolomite and quartz, Scalloway - Barry Limestone; Min Res XXXVII, p. 78, Vol. XXVII, p. 396
Locality details 0.5 mile N of Scalloway
50k map sheet West Shetland and South Shetland ? (126)

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Map reference HU 403 402
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S34948

Cross Polarized, S34948

Plane Polarized, S34948

Plane Polarized, S34948