BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S23912; S23912/A;
Sample Donor Phemister,J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Trachybasalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Trachybasalt, coarser and more acid looking than the marginal specimens P297-8 (S23909-S23910)
Locality details 30 yards E by S of summit of Loudoun Hill
50k map sheet Hamilton (23)

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Map reference NS 6196 3788
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S23912

Cross Polarized, S23912

Plane Polarized, S23912

Plane Polarized, S23912


S23912/A

Cross Polarized, S23912/A

Plane Polarized, S23912/A

Plane Polarized, S23912/A