BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S290
Sample Donor Geikie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Andesite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments "Felstone"
Locality details Caiyside Quarry, Pentlands (?Fairmilehead, cf. S 506)
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 2411 6823
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S290

Cross Polarized, S290

Plane Polarized, S290

Plane Polarized, S290