BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12131; COLLNOT3096;
Sample Donor Peach, B.N.; Tait,D.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Hypersthene Dolerite F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Micropegmatite vein consisting of oligoclase, andesine, orthoclase, augite, chlorite etc
Locality details Ratho Quarry, N side of Canal (segregation veins 8 - 10 inches thick)
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 127 709
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12131

Cross Polarized, S12131

Plane Polarized, S12131

Plane Polarized, S12131