BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S14122; COLLNO565;
Sample Donor Not entered
Rock name 'Original entry: Sandstone A'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Economic (map shows this quarry in quartz-dolerite DG)
Locality details Preston Hill Quarry, Iinverkeithing
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 1372 8237
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S14122

Cross Polarized, S14122

Plane Polarized, S14122

Plane Polarized, S14122