BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S8914
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyritic Olivine-Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Approaching limburgite (basalt in neck)
Locality details Salt lake, Pitmilly, E of St Andrews
50k map sheet Arbroath (49)

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Map reference NO 5852 1439
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S8914

Cross Polarized, S8914

Plane Polarized, S8914

Plane Polarized, S8914