BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S476; COLLNO1714;
Sample Donor Macconachie,A.F.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt Or Andesite?'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments "Melaphyre"; from type area; Bulletin No. 1, p. 103
Locality details N side of NW corner of Loganlee Reservoir
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 1972 6261
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S476

Cross Polarized, S476

Plane Polarized, S476

Plane Polarized, S476