BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S45889; COLLNOXP337;
Sample Donor Read,W.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Limestone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Limestone , streaky, with paler and darker patches, shell fragments, ?inclusions of volcanic detritus
Locality details Upper Bannock Burn, right bank, 2 ft 6 in below top of limestone 'E', c. 2560 ft at 325 deg from summit of Drummarnock
50k map sheet Stirling (39)

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Map reference NS 7429 8767
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S45889

Cross Polarized, S45889

Plane Polarized, S45889

Plane Polarized, S45889