BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S758; COLLNO83;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyritic Olivine Basalt F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?"Diabase porphyrite"
Locality details Below Regent's Arch
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 2596 7405
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S758

Cross Polarized, S758

Plane Polarized, S758

Plane Polarized, S758