BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S25041
Sample Donor Road Board
Rock name 'Original entry: Decomposed Quartz-Dolerite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz-dolerite sill, cf. S. 21343 from same sill; east bottom bed, columnar formation; Summ Prog 1929, Pt. 1, p. 97
Locality details Southerton Quarry, Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy
50k map sheet Kinross (40)

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Map reference NT 265 910
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S25041

Cross Polarized, S25041

Plane Polarized, S25041

Plane Polarized, S25041