BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12175; COLLNOT3155;
Sample Donor Peach, B.N.; Tait,D.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Dolerite F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments No 3, much decomposed. Rotten olivine-diabase F
Locality details Riccarton Burn, at bend, NW of Broom Knowes - 50 yds farther upstream than No 2
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 0145 7440
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12175

Cross Polarized, S12175

Plane Polarized, S12175

Plane Polarized, S12175