BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S6040
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Mica Diabase Or Porphyrite F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Not entered
Locality details c W end, N side, Barnton Railway cutting, near Edinburgh
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 1995 7544
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S6040

Cross Polarized, S6040

Plane Polarized, S6040

Plane Polarized, S6040