BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S629; S629/A; S629/B;
Sample Donor UNKNOWN
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Markle type basalt, porphyritic; East Lothian Mem., Plate XII, Fig. 2
Locality details Markle Quarry, field north of Pencraig Brae
50k map sheet Haddington (33)

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Map reference NT 5838 7697
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S629/A

Cross Polarized, S629/A

Plane Polarized, S629/A

Plane Polarized, S629/A


S629/B

Cross Polarized, S629/B

Plane Polarized, S629/B

Plane Polarized, S629/B