BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number S75; S75/A;
Sample Donor UNKNOWN
Rock name 'Original entry: Porphyrite? Bostonite?'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Porphyrite? Bostonite? Grey feldstone, Silurian
Locality details Druidhill Burn, 4.5 miles NW of Thornhill
50k map sheet Maxwelltown (9)

View images in GeoScenic related to 'Maxwelltown'

View the geology near 'Maxwelltown'

Map reference NS 81 00
Year collected Not entered 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions

Petrological thin sections

Links to high resolution images

Transition from XPL to PPL light


S75

Cross Polarized, S75

Plane Polarized, S75

Plane Polarized, S75


S75/A

Cross Polarized, S75/A

Plane Polarized, S75/A

Plane Polarized, S75/A