BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S26763
Sample Donor Eyles,V.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Coarse Olivine Tholeiite (Tertiary Aspect) (Tm1)'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Coarse olivine tholeiite (Tertiary aspect) (tM1), dyke (feeding sill)
Locality details Muirfoot Burn, 0.3 miles S by E of High Polquheys
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 624 161
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S26763

Cross Polarized, S26763

Plane Polarized, S26763

Plane Polarized, S26763