BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S49154
Sample Donor Collins,G.H.
Rock name 'Original entry: Altered Ophitic Olivine Basalt (Jedburgh Type)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Altered ophitic olivine basalt (Jedburgh type), middle of quarry, Kershopefoot basalt ?lava, Lower Carboniferous
Locality details Greena Hill Quarry, 1500 yards W 30 deg S of Kershopefoot railway station
50k map sheet Langholm (11)

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Map reference NY 462 819
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S49154

Cross Polarized, S49154

Plane Polarized, S49154

Plane Polarized, S49154