BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S47408; COLLNOXH345;
Sample Donor Tulloch,W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Highly Decomposed Quartz Trachyte'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Highly decomposed quartz trachyte, dyke, cf. 47409, Carboniferous, trend NE-SW, cuts Silurian
Locality details Stream, 460 yards E 28 deg S of top of Pikethaw Hill
50k map sheet Langholm (11)

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Map reference NY 372 974
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S47408

Cross Polarized, S47408

Plane Polarized, S47408

Plane Polarized, S47408