BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S11860; MR10811; COLLNOT3617;
Sample Donor Tait,D.
Rock name 'Original entry: Picrite Or Teschenite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Probably Carboniferous sill. See Summ of Prog, 1905, p. 74. Edinburgh Memoir, pp. 300
Locality details Blackburn "Leckstone" Quarry, 0.5 miles S of Blackburn and nearly 2 miles S of Bathgate
50k map sheet Airdrie (31)

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Map reference NS 9855 6450
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S11860

Cross Polarized, S11860

Plane Polarized, S11860

Plane Polarized, S11860