BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S26753
Sample Donor Simpson,J.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Rotten Olivine-Phyric Basalt (Vbd1)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Rotten olivine-phyric basalt (vBd1), lava flow ?, not mapped out
Locality details In stream, 600 yards SW of triangulation point at 1034 feet Airds Hill
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 628 172
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S26753

Cross Polarized, S26753

Plane Polarized, S26753

Plane Polarized, S26753