BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S41772; COLLNOXL255;
Sample Donor Walton,H.S.
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine-Basalt (Hillhouse Type) Rwe'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Hard blue, slightly columnar basalt
Locality details Bluff, 250 yds 30 deg E of N from Hiltly
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 0064 7563
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S41772

Cross Polarized, S41772

Plane Polarized, S41772

Plane Polarized, S41772