BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S1020; COLLNOD62;
Sample Donor Jermyn Street Rock Collection
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Whinny Hill type F Vein (contemporaneous, traverses coarse dolerite)
Locality details Ratho Quarry, Ratho. 8 miles W of Edinburgh
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 128 709
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S1020

Cross Polarized, S1020

Plane Polarized, S1020

Plane Polarized, S1020