BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12183; COLLNOT3189;
Sample Donor Peach, B.N.; Tait,D.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Hypersthene Dolerite F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz-diabase F
Locality details North Queensferry Quarry, N of tunnel, by side of railway and S of Jamestown
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 126 816
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12183

Cross Polarized, S12183

Plane Polarized, S12183

Plane Polarized, S12183