BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S44972; COLLNOXP392;
Sample Donor Read,W.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Sandstone, Fine-Grained, Brick Red'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Sandstone, fine-grained, brick red, from a soft, massive, indefinitely stratified bed
Locality details Gargunnock Burn, E bank, c. 1500 ft S 6 deg W from Gargunnock Church
50k map sheet Stirling (39)

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Map reference NS 7061 9413
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S44972

Cross Polarized, S44972

Plane Polarized, S44972

Plane Polarized, S44972