BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12078; COLLNOT3015;
Sample Donor Peach, B.N.; Tait,D.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Dolerite F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Tholeiite type (F); Edinburgh Memoir, 1910, p. 307 and Plate IX, Fig. 6
Locality details Small quarry at Bog Cottage (?=Hiltly Cottage), 1 mile S of Linlithgow
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 0061 7588
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12078

Cross Polarized, S12078

Plane Polarized, S12078

Plane Polarized, S12078