BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S8873
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Andesitic Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments A little olivine (see C & W Fife Memoir, p. 253)
Locality details Shore 200-300 yds from where railway leaves cutting W of Tayport
50k map sheet Arbroath (49)

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Map reference NO 449 293
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S8873

Cross Polarized, S8873

Plane Polarized, S8873

Plane Polarized, S8873