BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S4599
Sample Donor Macconachie,A.F.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt H'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments No. 2; Doubtful type, cryptocrystalline F
Locality details Calton Hill, footpath at Glenorchy Church
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 262 744
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S4599

Cross Polarized, S4599

Plane Polarized, S4599

Plane Polarized, S4599