BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S1215; S1215/a; S1215/b;
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Shale And Diabase (Contact) F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Altered black shale; Edinburgh Mem, 1910, pp. 309, 314 and Plate X, Fig. 1
Locality details Hound Point
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 1585 7950
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S1215/a

Cross Polarized, S1215/a

Plane Polarized, S1215/a

Plane Polarized, S1215/a


S1215/b

Cross Polarized, S1215/b

Plane Polarized, S1215/b

Plane Polarized, S1215/b