BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S14236; S14236/B;
Sample Donor Horne, J.
Rock name 'Original entry: Vesicular Igneous Rock ?Basalt F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments ?Straiton Shale
Locality details River N Esk. (Lava on which rests oil shale)
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 1650 5648
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S14236

Cross Polarized, S14236

Plane Polarized, S14236

Plane Polarized, S14236


S14236/B

Cross Polarized, S14236/B

Plane Polarized, S14236/B

Plane Polarized, S14236/B