BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11931; COLLNO166;
Sample Donor Maufe, H.B.
Rock name 'Original entry: Spherulitic Basalt F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Shows all stages of transition from a spherulitic devitrified glass to a fine-grained porphyritic and vesicular basalt (F); Edinburgh Memoir, 1910, p. 309 and Plate XI, Fig. 6
Locality details Quarry N of Ochiltreemill
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 0321 7409
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11931

Cross Polarized, S11931

Plane Polarized, S11931

Plane Polarized, S11931