BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S266
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz-Dolerite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments "Diabase" (whinstone)
Locality details Roseburn Brewery, near Coltbridge, W of Edinburgh
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 232 730
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S266

Cross Polarized, S266

Plane Polarized, S266

Plane Polarized, S266