BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S61678; COLLNOZD358;
Sample Donor Cameron,I.B.
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Mass adjacent to fault ?tuff (argillised) - Lower Oil Shale Group, Carboniferous
Locality details GPO Cable Tunnel Co. 24 m below surface on the NE corner of Stenhouse Drive and Gorgie Road
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 2163 7151
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S61678

Cross Polarized, S61678

Plane Polarized, S61678

Plane Polarized, S61678