BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S26765
Sample Donor Eyles,V.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine-Phyric Basalt (Vbd1)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Olivine-phyric basalt (vBd1), probably Calcif. Sandstone lava, Carboniferous
Locality details Old quarry left bank of stream 0.7 miles S of Dalblair
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 640 181
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S26765

Cross Polarized, S26765

Plane Polarized, S26765

Plane Polarized, S26765