BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S30492; COLLNO25Bn;
Sample Donor Tait,D.
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Two inch non-porphyritic band in top part of porphyritic central layer of St Leonard's Sill
Locality details Behind houses against wall immediately S of the "Beacon", about 1050 yds S 25 deg W of Holyrood Palace
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 2650 7302
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S30492

Cross Polarized, S30492

Plane Polarized, S30492

Plane Polarized, S30492