BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S1256
Sample Donor Macconachie,A.
Rock name 'Original entry: Quartz Diorite'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Quartz diorite, small quantity of interstitial orthoclase
Locality details Top of Bentudor, 5.25 miles S of Castle Douglas
50k map sheet Kirkcudbright (5)

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Map reference NX 75 54
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

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Transition from XPL to PPL light


S1256

Cross Polarized, S1256

Plane Polarized, S1256

Plane Polarized, S1256