BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S1234
Sample Donor Macconachie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Hornblende Biotite Porphyrite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz hornblende biotite porphyrite, fragments of biotite diorite attached
Locality details Barskeogh Hill, 2 miles W of Dalbeattie
50k map sheet Kirkcudbright (5)

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Map reference NX 81 61
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


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Cross Polarized, S1234

Plane Polarized, S1234

Plane Polarized, S1234