BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S12048; COLLNOT3167;
Sample Donor Peach, B.N.; Tait,D.;
Rock name 'Original entry: Pale Feldspathic Vein (Centre Of) F'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Contains more augite and less hornblende than S 12047 but equally feldspathic
Locality details Barnton Railway Cutting, W of Edinburgh
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 200 754
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S12048

Cross Polarized, S12048

Plane Polarized, S12048

Plane Polarized, S12048