BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S55279; MR31808;
Sample Donor Gritstone Project
Rock name 'Original entry: Feldspathic, Lithic Greywacke'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Feldspathic, lithic greywacke, Silurian Llandovery Used as part of 1970's Roadstone Project
Locality details Summit quarry (disused), 0.5 miles SE of Elvanfoot Station, Lanarkshire
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 9640 1660
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S55279

Cross Polarized, S55279

Plane Polarized, S55279

Plane Polarized, S55279