BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S78399; COLLNOZD843;
Sample Donor Cameron,I.B.
Rock name Basalt. 'Original entry: Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Basalt dyke 3m wide, strike 78deg, Carboniferous?
Locality details 330m 59deg from Parish Holm
50k map sheet Sanquhar (15)

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Map reference NS 7656 2828
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S78399

Cross Polarized, S78399

Plane Polarized, S78399

Plane Polarized, S78399