BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12082; COLLNOT3020;
Sample Donor Peach, B.N.; Tait,D.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Analcime Olivine-Basalt F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Resembling picrite type F (Sill above limestone near middle of sill)
Locality details Hillhouse Limestone Quarries, 1.5 miles S of Linlithgow
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 0042 7486
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12082

Cross Polarized, S12082

Plane Polarized, S12082

Plane Polarized, S12082