BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30200
Sample Donor Simpson,J.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Decomposed Olivine Basalt (Bc1)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Decomposed olivine basalt (Bc1), Lava flow of L.O.R.S. age
Locality details Glenmuir Water below waterfall 4000 feet W of Penbreck
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 710 196
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30200

Cross Polarized, S30200

Plane Polarized, S30200

Plane Polarized, S30200