BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S6045; S6045/a; S6045/b;
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Contact Altered Calcareous Shale F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Not entered
Locality details h Barnton Railway cutting, near Edinburgh
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 2009 7547
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S6045

Cross Polarized, S6045

Plane Polarized, S6045

Plane Polarized, S6045


S6045/a

Cross Polarized, S6045/a

Plane Polarized, S6045/a

Plane Polarized, S6045/a


S6045/b

Cross Polarized, S6045/b

Plane Polarized, S6045/b

Plane Polarized, S6045/b