BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S40628; COLLNOXL178;
Sample Donor Walton,H.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Altered Olivine-Basalt Rwe'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?Slaggy top of flow with mixed sediment or base of succeeding flow
Locality details 1250 yds 13 deg N of E from North Mains at NW end of exposure; ?lying on S. 40627
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 0238 7321
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S40628

Cross Polarized, S40628

Plane Polarized, S40628

Plane Polarized, S40628