BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11987; S11987/a; S11987/b; COLLNO7;
Sample Donor Peach, B.N.
Rock name 'Original entry: Olivine Basalt F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Craiglockhart type (F); Edinburgh Memoir, 1910, pp. 316, 318 and Plate XII, Fig. 3.
Locality details 300 yds SSE of St Anthony's Chapel, overlooking Dry Dam
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 2769 7342
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11987/a

Cross Polarized, S11987/a

Plane Polarized, S11987/a

Plane Polarized, S11987/a


S11987/b

Cross Polarized, S11987/b

Plane Polarized, S11987/b

Plane Polarized, S11987/b