BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S20875
Sample Donor Burnett, G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Tholeiitic Olivine-Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Staffa type; Memoir, p. 145
Locality details Specimens from small cols on causeway oppposite, Staffa
50k map sheet Iona (43)

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Map reference NM 3256 3513
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S20875

Cross Polarized, S20875

Plane Polarized, S20875

Plane Polarized, S20875