BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S34393; COLLNOMRC11;
Sample Donor Macgregor,A.G.
Rock name 'Original entry: Feldspar - Olivine-Phyric Basalt, Chilled-Looking, Slaggy Agm'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Porphyritic basalt of Samson's Ribs Intrusion
Locality details A few feet below top of crags, 660 yds E 14 deg S of Bench Mark 255.2 ft near St Leonard's Lodge
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 2759 7250
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S34393

Cross Polarized, S34393

Plane Polarized, S34393

Plane Polarized, S34393