BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S59862
Sample Donor Sabine,P.A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Basalt'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Basalt with large cavity, immediately below Palaeocene conglomerate
Locality details Upper spec. from top 4" of Section 2, Core 11, at 311-313 m depth in borehole 117A of Deep Sea Drilling Project; W side of Rockall Bank
50k map sheet Rockall (337)

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Map reference 57:19,15:22
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S59862

Cross Polarized, S59862

Plane Polarized, S59862

Plane Polarized, S59862