BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S36023; COLLNOB;
Sample Donor Flett,J.S.
Rock name Not entered
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartzite xenolith in basalt - Braefoot Sill, Carboniferous; Trans Edinb Geol Soc, Vol. 12, part IV, 1932, p. 342
Locality details Braefoot Point, half-tide island NW of old jetty
50k map sheet Edinburgh (32)

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Map reference NT 1763 8321
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S36023

Cross Polarized, S36023

Plane Polarized, S36023

Plane Polarized, S36023