BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S73785; COLLNONX1461;
Sample Donor Rock,N.M.S.
Rock name Basalt.
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Richly felspar-phyric basalt? Carboniferous? Incorrectly marked as a Devonian felsite on the 1:50,000 map. Several metres thick
Locality details S side of felled small plantation, N slopes of Brown Moor Heights
50k map sheet Hawick (17W)

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Map reference NT 4562 2556
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S73785

Cross Polarized, S73785

Plane Polarized, S73785

Plane Polarized, S73785