BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S27049
Sample Donor Ross, George
Rock name 'Original entry: Altered Fine-Grained Basalt (D1)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Altered fine-grained basalt (D1), sill in Silurian greywacke, L.O.R.S. age
Locality details In burn 450 yards S 20 deg W of Parishholm House
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 761 277
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S27049

Cross Polarized, S27049

Plane Polarized, S27049

Plane Polarized, S27049