BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S48290
Sample Donor Elliot,R.W.
Rock name 'Original entry: Decomposed Olivine Basalt (Cf. Jedburgh Type)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Decomposed olivine basalt (cf. Jedburgh type), ?lava or sill, (Kershopefoot basalt ?lava, Lower Carboniferous)
Locality details Small roadside cliff 1810 yards E 42 deg S of Tweedenhead
50k map sheet Langholm (11)

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Map reference NY 536 862
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S48290

Cross Polarized, S48290

Plane Polarized, S48290

Plane Polarized, S48290