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BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S74052; COLLNONX1508;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name Rhyolite.
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Banded trachyte with coarse patch (?riebeckite bearing or olivine-augite trachyte phase). Eildon Hills composite laccolith (?Lower Carboniferous)
Locality details W side Eildon Mid Hill
50k map sheet Kelso (25)

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Map reference NT 545 323
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S74052

Cross Polarized, S74052

Plane Polarized, S74052

Plane Polarized, S74052