BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S481; COLLNO1721;
Sample Donor Macconachie,A.F.
Rock name 'Original entry: Rhyolite Or Trachyte? F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments "Porphyrite" ?olivine basalt
Locality details Braid Law, Pentlands
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 1848 5932
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S481

Cross Polarized, S481

Plane Polarized, S481

Plane Polarized, S481